I recently found a expresso machine I haven't used in several years.
The make is Bellina. When I opened it up, there is all kinds of crap
all over the metal area, bluish in color. What is that and how do I
get rid of it? This is an electric machine and I really hate to throw
it away.

Thanks for your help,
Miss BabyJane Hudson

BabyJane Hudson" < wrote:
> I recently found a expresso machine I haven't used in several years.
> The make is Bellina. When I opened it up, there is all kinds of crap
> all over the metal area, bluish in color. What is that and how do I
> get rid of it? This is an electric machine and I really hate to throw
> it away.
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Miss BabyJane Hudson

BLUISH?! Sounds like mold. If you can't dunk it in extremely hot water and
scrub it to death, then toss it. Mold can make you very, very ill. (or you
could have happened upon a new version of penicillin)

Jill

BabyJane, Hudson, > wrote:

> I recently found a expresso machine I haven't used in several years.
> The make is Bellina. When I opened it up, there is all kinds of crap
> all over the metal area, bluish in color. What is that and how do I
> get rid of it? This is an electric machine and I really hate to throw
> it away.
>

Clean it up with detergent and water and then run some CLR through it,
followed by several cycles of water.

On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 10:29:15 -0600, BubbaBob
> wrote:

>BabyJane Hudson >
>wrote:
>
>> I recently found a expresso machine I haven't used in several
>> years. The make is Bellina. When I opened it up, there is all
>> kinds of crap all over the metal area, bluish in color. What is
>> that and how do I get rid of it? This is an electric machine and
>> I really hate to throw it away.
>>
>> Thanks for your help,
>> Miss BabyJane Hudson
>
>Post this over to alt.coffee and you'll get a dozen good suggestions
>to counter the one bad one you've gotten here. One thing. Espresso
>has no 'x'. If you spell it like that on alt.coffee, you'll be
>starting off on the wrong foot with them. They (we) are touchy about
>the 'x'. Basically, the choice of a cleaning agent will depend on the
>metal used in its construction. Is this a real espresso machine with
>a water reservoir and a pump or a 'steam toy'?

I don't know. It cost about $70 and the water reservoir is all metal.

BabyJane Hudson

BabyJane Hudson > wrote in
:

> I recently found a expresso machine I haven't used in several years.
> The make is Bellina. When I opened it up, there is all kinds of crap
> all over the metal area, bluish in color. What is that and how do I
> get rid of it? This is an electric machine and I really hate to throw
> it away.
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Miss BabyJane Hudson

Get Blanche to do it...she'll know how. <G>

On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 00:22:45 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>BabyJane Hudson > wrote in
:
>
>> I recently found a expresso machine I haven't used in several years.
>> The make is Bellina. When I opened it up, there is all kinds of crap
>> all over the metal area, bluish in color. What is that and how do I
>> get rid of it? This is an electric machine and I really hate to throw
>> it away.
>>
>> Thanks for your help,
>> Miss BabyJane Hudson
>
>Get Blanche to do it...she'll know how. <G>

Blanche squealed on me, right after I got her the ice cream. I can't
go near her and she got daddy's house. She won't talk to me anymore.
Just her, her new bird, and the son of our former maid occupy daddy's
home. I'm sleeping in the backseat of my 1940 Lincoln.

Go figure...

MISS BabyJane Hudson

BabyJane Hudson > wrote
in :

> On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 00:22:45 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> > wrote:
>
>>BabyJane Hudson > wrote
>>in :
>>
>>> I recently found a expresso machine I haven't used in several years.
>>> The make is Bellina. When I opened it up, there is all kinds of crap
>>> all over the metal area, bluish in color. What is that and how do I
>>> get rid of it? This is an electric machine and I really hate to
>>> throw it away.
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help,
>>> Miss BabyJane Hudson
>>
>>Get Blanche to do it...she'll know how. <G>
>
> Blanche squealed on me, right after I got her the ice cream. I can't
> go near her and she got daddy's house. She won't talk to me anymore.
> Just her, her new bird, and the son of our former maid occupy daddy's
> home. I'm sleeping in the backseat of my 1940 Lincoln.
>
> Go figure...
>
> MISS BabyJane Hudson
>
>

Well, I always said, ya never could trust that Blanche!