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  • #16
    Re: La Pavoni Europiccola Rebuild

    Hi all, first post
    Re polishing chrome.
    I have a lot to learn about the bean, but can help you with the polisihing (Im a Stainless Steel Fabrication Tafe teacher). For hand polishing "shine brite" is a great product that will remove fine marks, even swirl marks. If the machine is disasembled using a cotton polishing mop and green rouge on a staight grinder or bench grinder with a  tapered spindle will give you a fantastic finish. finishing off, 3M make a great product called "Stainless Steel Cleaner & Polish" which will help stop finger prints appearing on any metal surfaces. Foodsafe as well!

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    • #17
      Re: La Pavoni Europiccola Rebuild

      Some pics of my recent LaPav clean and complete re-seal just for interests sake. I was a bit slack with what I photographed. Its an easy project for the reasonably tehnical minded.

      Top: Inside of the boiler, looking up, just because I think it looks cool. Some lime scale was cleaned up.

      Middle: Inside of base - I removed all parts and cleaned up the rust.

      Bottom: The main piston had masses of gunk on it from the previous owner, here its clean, but you can see visible wear on the bottom gasket. I used food grade silicon stuff on the seals, the same as I use for my home brew kegs. WD - used only for the rusty parts in the base!

      NB: I have the single steam wand tip, though I did start to get used to the three hole one. Also, have the temp stickers from previous owner although they seem not to work anymore.





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      • #18
        Re: La Pavoni Europiccola Rebuild

        Hi guys,

        Which town are coffeeparts in?
        Who does La Pavoni parts in Melbourne?

        Never played with anything like this before,
        may need some hands on advice...

        Ta

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        • #19
          Good morning!

          I am in the process of rebulding my Europiccola which I began this morning. My main task for today is to get stuck into removing the rust from the base, which has accumulated over the last 7-8 years.

          Is there anyone that I can get La Pavoni seals from in Melbourne? I'm also after the boiler element seal that seems to be glued onto the boiler mounting ring (in righthand corner of the photo, attached) Any thoughts on how this is attached? Would be grateful for any advice on this - thanks.
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