On Monday, April 1, 2013 2:18:53 PM UTC+1, Java Jive wrote:

were to be test-washed, still lumps of sh*t were left on them in every
wash.
Continuing on this morning, I've just stuffed most of one of the
cloths between the rim of the drum and the tank, and turned the drum
by hand, holding on the free end of the cloth, thus wiping both the
outside of the drum and the inside of the tank. The cloth came out
covered in black gunge.
As I see it there are two solutions, chemical, or dismantling the
entire machine, cleaning it thoroughly, and then re-assembling it.
The problem with the former is that the waste goes into a septic tank,
and I still don't even know yet how healthy or otherwise that is, let
alone what would be the effect of strong chemicals on it.
Nevertheless, does anyone have any recommendations similar to the
above, preferably that would be compatible with a septic tank?
The problem with the latter is that it would probably be cheaper just
to buy a new machine than to get the job done professionally, and
although in principle I should be able to do it myself at little or no
cost, and thereby completely solve the problem, there's the sizable
difficulty of whether specialist tools might be needed, whether I
could actually get it apart, let alone whether I could get it back
together again.

I dont remember any machine needing specialist tools for that. Once apart, HCl destroys everything


NT