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  • Superman
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    Originally posted by rubixcube101 View Post
    What’s the consensus on using chux wipes?
    You need something with a thicker 'pile' otherwise any grit will have nowhere to go and scratch the surface. It's the same logic washing cars.

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  • ev
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    Slightly damp microfibre cloth & metho.

    Evan.

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  • o4kapuk
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    I use steam generator with my la Pavoni

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  • Cats
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    Hugz yes. Note im thinking of the felt style ones, not the shiny satin ones. Both can be washed though.
    if you want a larger cloth you can get some nice musical instrument cloths that are made of the same material

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  • hugz
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    can glasses-style microfibre cloths be washed? I usually chuck my bunnings-style microfibre cloths in the washing maching to remove any gunk

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  • Cats
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    Originally posted by rubixcube101 View Post
    What’s the consensus on using chux wipes?
    They work very well. They are sufficiently soft. You dont need something single use though

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  • rubixcube101
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    What’s the consensus on using chux wipes?

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  • Cats
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    Don't use a dry cloth.
    There are two cloths that they commonly call 'microfibre'.
    the first is the kind you see at bunnings and also many coffee places sell them. These are definitly not microfibre.

    The other type are tje ones that come with your glasses and are made of a kind of felt, or similar material. These are what you want to use, as they won't scratch unless completely dry and have picked up something.

    I normally wipe off splotches as i see them, and find that if u leave stuff a while it's far harder/impossible to clean off.. e.g a stain on your drip tray.

    just water is enough to remove anything reasonably fresh, but warm water is more effective if needed.
    spray and wipe is the next level up from that.

    Make sure you wipe in the direction of the grain of the polishing.

    It's inevitable that everything will eventually pick up marks overtime no matter how good you are at the above but you can certainally keep it looking like a month old machine 3 years later, or make it look second hand in a fortnight just by using the right cleaning regime

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  • LeroyC
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    WD-40 and a microfiber cloth all the way.

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  • Jackster
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    Microfibre here.
    i have some purple polish stuff, but it's pretty hard to get it off the stainless after buffing. But it did improve the mirror finish on my 10+ yo machine. It has a few scratches that would need more aggressive work to eradicate...

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  • TampIt
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    G'day Hugz (via elbows these days... sheesh)

    Make sure you use a clean (pristine) chamois or micro fibre cloth or it may scratch.

    I ordered my DE1 with brushed stainless as every one of the 50 or so "mirror type" machines (not DE1's) I knew looked like crap after a few weeks - and would not clean up. Ironically the DE1 has only put a couple of small splotches on the front panel after 18 months, so now I wish I had ordered it with a mirrored front... Murphy's Law.

    Enjoy your cuppa.

    TampIt

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  • barri
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    Windex or Spray'n'wipe

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  • How do you clean your mirror-finish machine without scratching or dulling?

    My new machine has steadily been accumulating fingerprints because I don't want to take to it with a cloth and introduce micro-scratches to the mirror-polished steel body. Any suggestions?
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