I just finished the refurb on my new acquisition. A Bezerra BZ 35e. This is a small commercial machine with a 2 l boiler, so is very suited to home use. Its also not too much larger than the BZ 99 and will fit in the kitchen nicely. My machine has a fluid-o-tech vibe pump, so doesnt need to be plumbed in, but can be if desired. It doesnt have an internal tank, so Im using an external water container.
I only had the machine for 2 days when it decided to stop. Well it actually ran, but not well enough to make coffee. I thought it was the pump dying on me. However, after pulling it apart, I found the true culprit.... lime scale! So 3 containers of citric acid later as well as a bottle of CLR (sulfamic acid plus detergent) and some phosphoric acid and shes clean and fresh like a new baby. Scale aside, this machine really needed this, as the previous owner had run the machine with the water level below the element, so the boiler had a smell that was ..... really bad. So everything metal got an acid bath and pipes scrubbed with pipe cleaners and test-tube brushes.
Heres the end result:

Heres the cute little boiler and HX after their bath:

And heres what was left inside (room for a tennis court
)

The machine still hasnt graduated to the kitchen yet. These Bezerra machines are fabulous to work on. Very easy to access and remove parts. Every part is available as a replacement and the build quality is very high. The only remaining problem is the 4 hole steam tip. Im looking for a 2 hole ECM or Diadema tip to replace this monster tip that heats milk for a single cappuccino in about 8 secs (no room for error, and plenty of errors on my part).
I only had the machine for 2 days when it decided to stop. Well it actually ran, but not well enough to make coffee. I thought it was the pump dying on me. However, after pulling it apart, I found the true culprit.... lime scale! So 3 containers of citric acid later as well as a bottle of CLR (sulfamic acid plus detergent) and some phosphoric acid and shes clean and fresh like a new baby. Scale aside, this machine really needed this, as the previous owner had run the machine with the water level below the element, so the boiler had a smell that was ..... really bad. So everything metal got an acid bath and pipes scrubbed with pipe cleaners and test-tube brushes.
Heres the end result:

Heres the cute little boiler and HX after their bath:

And heres what was left inside (room for a tennis court
)
The machine still hasnt graduated to the kitchen yet. These Bezerra machines are fabulous to work on. Very easy to access and remove parts. Every part is available as a replacement and the build quality is very high. The only remaining problem is the 4 hole steam tip. Im looking for a 2 hole ECM or Diadema tip to replace this monster tip that heats milk for a single cappuccino in about 8 secs (no room for error, and plenty of errors on my part).

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