From a guy who has been in Japan almost a decade now it was nice to listen to someone with my accent explain things for me, lol. Didn't catch it in this video but the IBTS should be cleaned with some alcohol before putting the faceplate back on!
Ha! I’m glad I could offer you something of value. I mostly used cafiza on a paper towel for the IBTS. I was afraid that if there was a coating on the IBTS that alcohol might degrade it as it can do with other coatings on glass elements, but it sounds like you’ve had no issues with that.
@davidsargentcoffee I literally just deep cleaned mine, watching your video along the way. Super helpful. One of the Aillio groups I'm in on Facebook recommends alcohol for the lens so I rolled with that, and everyone uses it so .. Hopefully it works lol. Cheers mate thanks for the walkthrough!
Great video so far and very thorough! What I did for the little rubber bean chute cover, because I kept knocking it off as well, is I drilled a little hole through the "fin" and tied a piece of string through it and then tied the other end to a leg of the roaster. It has save me countless time trying to find it when I have knocked it off since then.
Yes! I’ve answered this elsewhere but after this video I switched to just using soapy water and washing more often to make that process less of a hassle. I’ve learned a lot in the last year and this is one nugget I learned but that alone unfortunately doesn’t warrant a new video. Thanks for watching!
@@davidsargentcoffee thanks for the reply, David. I just used an all purpose cleaner made with grapefruit in Germany and it seems to work really well both for the chaff filter and the fan. I'm in South Korea and the bullet distributor recommends the users here to not clean the front panel which I found strange but nonetheless I will try it for the front panel as well. Happy roasting!
@user-js2yk5jv2p oh that is strange. I wonder what their reasoning is there. I did also use citric acid in water, often at a 1:4 ratio or so for some cleaning, but I also switched off of that after talking with other roasters. Windex and Simple Green seem to be popular products for production roaster cleaning.
Hey Dave, like your video on deep cleaning. One question, I like the coffee guide when dropping beans. Can you send me info n it? I tried tapping on your links to find it and was unsuccessful.
Feel free to email me at davidsargentcoffee@gmail.com so I can help you out. My website is no longer active as I've been hired in as a roaster for a roastery I love in Michigans upper peninsula. I'm sure I can give you some guidance.
A have a fixture for supporting the front panel to keep the stress off the cable during cleaning. I includes a place to hold the front panel screws during cleaning.
great video thank you. I have the same issue with the chaffs collecting underneath the drum. Haven't figured out yet how to get them out properly though
Thanks for saying something - it's curious how so much can collect there. The best I do is take my vacuum with a narrow nozzle and pull out as much as I can. With the front face of the roaster off you can lift the drum a few millimeters up to help with that.
Omg! When I screw back the faceplate in, the bearing of the drum doesn’t fit in the hole, so I have to lift the drum up a little to align with the hole and at the same time the screws to screw holes. In the video, you don’t need to put your hands in to tilt up the drum but mine need to. By doing I got scratches everywhere around the screw holes when aligning back in.
Sometimes I can get away with not lifting the drum, but actually most times I would say I do also have to tilt the drum up just a little and that's something I've noticed more. I don't necessarily do that with my hand inside, but I'll align the center with the bearing and then lift the drum with the faceplate itself to get the top screw holes to line up and then screw those in first to set it. I've come to know that as a minor annoyance but I'm glad you brought it up.
Although the manual doesn't state this, Aillio has a video about cleaning the impeller and it says not to leave the impeller in the cafiza solution for longer then 2 minutes or it might damage the aluminum that the impeller is made of. Just be aware if you see something happening to your impeller, that might be it. Video is titled "Aillio Bullet R1 - Cleaning the Impeller" ua-cam.com/video/OhxyLbxLJ0c/v-deo.html
I actually did find this some time ago. Since then, my cleaning methods have changed to clean more frequently so that cafiza isn’t necessary. Now I just remove it after every other roast and scrub down with water as things have changed dramatically with how I use the bullet.
Thank you sir
From a guy who has been in Japan almost a decade now it was nice to listen to someone with my accent explain things for me, lol. Didn't catch it in this video but the IBTS should be cleaned with some alcohol before putting the faceplate back on!
Ha! I’m glad I could offer you something of value. I mostly used cafiza on a paper towel for the IBTS. I was afraid that if there was a coating on the IBTS that alcohol might degrade it as it can do with other coatings on glass elements, but it sounds like you’ve had no issues with that.
@davidsargentcoffee I literally just deep cleaned mine, watching your video along the way. Super helpful. One of the Aillio groups I'm in on Facebook recommends alcohol for the lens so I rolled with that, and everyone uses it so .. Hopefully it works lol. Cheers mate thanks for the walkthrough!
For the black stuff in the metal plate. Might try a Clorox wipe, surprisingly, those work really well and you can use the wipe to help scrub.
Great video so far and very thorough! What I did for the little rubber bean chute cover, because I kept knocking it off as well, is I drilled a little hole through the "fin" and tied a piece of string through it and then tied the other end to a leg of the roaster. It has save me countless time trying to find it when I have knocked it off since then.
That's genius. I'll need to look into doing that.
This is great. Thanks again David.
The fan in the backend is made of aluminum isn't it? Using Cafiza on aluminum can discolor and damage it.
Great video though. Thanks!
Yes! I’ve answered this elsewhere but after this video I switched to just using soapy water and washing more often to make that process less of a hassle. I’ve learned a lot in the last year and this is one nugget I learned but that alone unfortunately doesn’t warrant a new video. Thanks for watching!
@@davidsargentcoffee thanks for the reply, David. I just used an all purpose cleaner made with grapefruit in Germany and it seems to work really well both for the chaff filter and the fan.
I'm in South Korea and the bullet distributor recommends the users here to not clean the front panel which I found strange but nonetheless I will try it for the front panel as well. Happy roasting!
@user-js2yk5jv2p oh that is strange. I wonder what their reasoning is there. I did also use citric acid in water, often at a 1:4 ratio or so for some cleaning, but I also switched off of that after talking with other roasters. Windex and Simple Green seem to be popular products for production roaster cleaning.
Hey Dave, like your video on deep cleaning. One question, I like the coffee guide when dropping beans. Can you send me info n it? I tried tapping on your links to find it and was unsuccessful.
Feel free to email me at davidsargentcoffee@gmail.com so I can help you out. My website is no longer active as I've been hired in as a roaster for a roastery I love in Michigans upper peninsula. I'm sure I can give you some guidance.
A have a fixture for supporting the front panel to keep the stress off the cable during cleaning. I includes a place to hold the front panel screws during cleaning.
That can often be a pain in the moment, for sure.
Much better quality....way better than 360p earlier
Grateful for that! I didn't change a thing, just re-uploaded. Glad it decided to work this time.
Looks like a set screw. Just loosen maybe?
Coffee roasting/cleaning is a dirty job. Nice video, thanks.
Hope it helped! It's definitely a regular part of my week. 2-3 times a week I'm cleaning every inch of that machine.
great video thank you. I have the same issue with the chaffs collecting underneath the drum. Haven't figured out yet how to get them out properly though
Thanks for saying something - it's curious how so much can collect there. The best I do is take my vacuum with a narrow nozzle and pull out as much as I can. With the front face of the roaster off you can lift the drum a few millimeters up to help with that.
Omg! When I screw back the faceplate in, the bearing of the drum doesn’t fit in the hole, so I have to lift the drum up a little to align with the hole and at the same time the screws to screw holes. In the video, you don’t need to put your hands in to tilt up the drum but mine need to. By doing I got scratches everywhere around the screw holes when aligning back in.
Sometimes I can get away with not lifting the drum, but actually most times I would say I do also have to tilt the drum up just a little and that's something I've noticed more. I don't necessarily do that with my hand inside, but I'll align the center with the bearing and then lift the drum with the faceplate itself to get the top screw holes to line up and then screw those in first to set it. I've come to know that as a minor annoyance but I'm glad you brought it up.
Although the manual doesn't state this, Aillio has a video about cleaning the impeller and it says not to leave the impeller in the cafiza solution for longer then 2 minutes or it might damage the aluminum that the impeller is made of. Just be aware if you see something happening to your impeller, that might be it.
Video is titled "Aillio Bullet R1 - Cleaning the Impeller"
ua-cam.com/video/OhxyLbxLJ0c/v-deo.html
I actually did find this some time ago. Since then, my cleaning methods have changed to clean more frequently so that cafiza isn’t necessary. Now I just remove it after every other roast and scrub down with water as things have changed dramatically with how I use the bullet.