Greeting coffee ppl, Need to ask had anyone preform descale on the Oscar Simonelli before ? Mind share how you do it ? Recently i just brought Oscar Simonelli for second hand from previous owner but it seem he only doing the group head cleaning only but not descale.

This post has been edited by d33pbluez: May 3 2016, 08:51 AM

what is the price over this ?

you plan to get the original gaggia classic or 3rd parties one.... ?

Average good enough for beginner who just want daily coffee without a hassle at home but wont expect close to cafe standard.... you get standard thick foam for latte and cappuccino.

Why not get PHILIPS Poemia.... seem alot of ppl using here

last time i did ask before, around 900 plus abit from harvey norman if im not mistaken but that was few years back....i was about to brought it but sadly, they told me out of stock already....but im not sure about your liability on your recommended machine...

This post has been edited by d33pbluez: May 9 2016, 05:28 PM

It is hard to really get custom item in Malaysia.... more or so on coffee machine parts (Exclude those tool kits like milk pitcher & tamper) unless u know some vendor that provide them or sell only specifically gaggia item (Mostly they will tell you they will import in also and price wont be that nice since they only import specifically to your order and not by batch). I try to ask a few shops and they seem to only entertain those big commercial coffee machine rather then homemade machine as they saw no profit in doing business so I turn my order to online in direct imported in the parts but there is a hassle/ catch as the item might get delay or block by our custom like what happen to me now....

I'm making some mod on my machine and order couple of part in from Canada and my item got stop by the custom. They required further more detail info on the item before they decided to release them.... that is still yet uncertain if they want to release the item or further charge for it as im waiting for the news....

Why pre ground your coffee .... that is kind of just taboo method for coffee drinkers. Your coffee will get stale very quick within 1 week (If you kept in in the air tight container) and your coffee will end like all other local coffee shop 'kopi O' while fresh roasted coffee bean will sustain 2-3 week after it been roasted out before stale.

This post has been edited by d33pbluez: May 10 2016, 08:45 AM

Tried Singapore before, and they don sell the part there also that why i end up import the part far from what i expected. last time i try to import my PID from US and it seem there is no problem getting through....

Not really need 5 figure....4 figure also can already (5K for Coffee Machine Carimali, 6K for Faema E98 2 groups commercial espresso machine while add another 1K you can get Vbm coffee espresso machine double boiler) provided if you got alot of space in your kitchen

Grinder could be one of the most important thing but one must not to forgot that always do maintenance on the machine with regular back flush and half year descale to keep those machine in the tip top condition that would last for years and years to come...

Some other machine part steam wand, I going to do some custom mod on my oscar simonelli changing it from the knob turning to level type. No more cranking the knob when i want to do milk frothing

but im still short of lube for my build which in process of shipping by other supplier

This post has been edited by d33pbluez: May 10 2016, 02:26 PM

Sure do when i had my tools and parts ready. For now i only see my steam wand part arrive missing the lube
Also i ordering the custom made screen shower from IMS for consistency flow of the water on the group head i will show that in the later stage.

about the cost, trust me, you wont like the cost of this mod as it is expensive (Ringgit drop alot and order from overseas item cost a bomb) but i doing as part of my hobby as i did with the PID modification on my silvia before





I agree, It tends to get pretty hot after a while when the machine is on.

I don think there is any non burn stem wand mod for Oscar periodically but you can try mod by adding additional sleeve on your steam wand....Or try the conventional way by wetting the cloth with water and clean them....

Here some of the information i want to share about non burn steam wand works:

The no burn wands have a plastic tube inside of them that channels the steam down the center of the wand without heating the wand wall - thereby allowing you to hold and manipulate the wand without burning your fingers. The plastic tube tends to condense steam, so the steam coming out of it is less dry (I suppose this varies from machine to machine). Some people remove the plastic tube to make the wand deliver drier steam, but then you have to insulate it so you don't burn your fingers.

This post has been edited by d33pbluez: May 10 2016, 03:59 PM

Woohoo, Part arrive at my hand 80% already with some postcard and some carve stickers...but they miss ship out my retention C-Clip got to claim from them back.




Shipment comes with some high import charges as well....bloody hell



This post has been edited by d33pbluez: May 10 2016, 05:49 PM

Dont worry about the milk it wont separate so fast after you had froth (Unless you frothing technic is not good enough). All you need to do is to swirl the milk in the pitcher. I seen many videos do that (Froth, clean and purge wand and continue to swirl the pitcher) and they still have cooperated micro foam pour from their pitcher. A little bit dirty is ok, you can come back to clean it later unless you dont do maintenance on your machine all the time (e.g dissamble to group head, steam wand and do cleaning, blackflush, descale). I think having semi auto machine, it is common practice already.

Yup, but better version of that .... i think a way to cover the previous hole with some rubber cap or something soft



This post has been edited by d33pbluez: May 10 2016, 07:27 PM

I was planing to tear apart the Oscar and do the dip on the descale until i find this.



Although it is not recommended as some chuck of scale lime might fall off and block the hole path on the water dispense area or steam area but at least it did the job of descaling it as i i see some light blue colour water coming out of the machine. Previously I try to ask some professional shop if they did do maintenance on the unit and also charging price but they cant seem to bother or want to response to it because it is a home machine not those commercial type ones.

So i took the matter into my own hands and do maintenance myself. Talking about got money to give but don want to do business.

Well, I did my descale on my Silvia after once a year and practically there is a scale build up in the machine after a year of using it. The color that comes out after the solution pour in as you can see it is fainted sea blue color.

Another custom item for the oscar came in....



A replacement of the shower screen for the Oscar.

Currently I'm stuck with the Steam Wand Level mod as the buyer just email me that they cant ship the petrol gel into malaysia for some reason.

Anyone had any idea where can i get those food safe petrol gel used for food machine ?

Thanks.PMed on the MDF.

Do you know where to get them ? 3M website ?

Consistent flow of the water to the puck and those micron hole will help to kept minimal those left over coffee stuck at the brass group head. I notice some say it produce better crema but Im not amuse as i can make them from fresh beans anyway. They had for Philips Saeco as well....

This post has been edited by d33pbluez: May 13 2016, 05:36 PM

Thanks for the help on the advice. Originally the Shower screen comes from Portugal. But i get it at taobao since the fellow had stock on hand (Much faster) but i did order another one for my silvia and that comes from portugal itself. It takes 2 week to arrives. It should be delivered to me last week but you know, poslaju / pos express been post poslaju / pos express....Delay as always.

Here you go.

IMS shower screen for Oscar

Thanks for the help. Just send email to Boelube, Hopefully i can get reply from them on the dealing method. It is hard to find a dive shop around my place and ordering from US is expensive especially the freight cost half of its item price or least quater of its price.

Alright guys. Here are the result of testing both shower screen on my Oscar.

Oscar Original Screen - Water distribution it tends to get unpredicted distribution but mostly end up not really on the center and the water flow stream is uneven.


IMS shower screen - Water distribution all been control at the centre and steady of the flow water drop better abit then the original screen.


Verdict: Taste the coffee still same not much had change but i'm getting even flow of the coffee coming out of the portafilter through the spout consistent with level of the coffee puck check before brewing (original sometimes you get one side first then follow another side). The shower screen now are easily to clean and when i remove the shower screen to check. There is literally little or no coffee residue stuck on the brass plate above the shower screen.

Overall the impact is minimal but not a necessary a MUST have mod to have for the oscar unless your shower screen is leaking or broken.

This post has been edited by d33pbluez: May 16 2016, 10:05 AM

Is you shower screen broken or leaking already ? I just change my shower screen.
check the verdict of the shower screen on my post on top. What i can say is that constant tamp force (Depend on your grind dail and not necessary need to temp 30lbs) and the level of flatness of the tamping comes first then any other thing. If your tamping uneven when there is no used of changing the shower screen as the water will travel less resistance path to flow out of the portafilter.

Your using Oscar ?

I thought Oscar screw head is flat



This post has been edited by d33pbluez: May 16 2016, 10:23 AM

that strange because i don recall oscar using such screw at their shower screen unless if you saying rancilio silvia then probably that the screw (the one with big head) they used.

Nop, I'm using the original portafilter. I will try the bottomless portafilter later tonight with triple basket on it

This post has been edited by d33pbluez: May 17 2016, 08:37 AM

So what's the topic on Oscar you want to chat ? I find many ppl are very rare to mod their machine.