Chute Brush

[BozemanEric]

What are you using to clean the grinds out of you grind chute in your espresso grinder?  I have been using different brushes but have yet to find one I really like.

[milowebailey]

I don't use a brush..... :O)

I use this



Oh, wait, I think I misread your question.... I use a small natural bristle paintbrush

[Tex]

Being an adherent of the K.I.S.S. Principle, I buy 1/2" natural bristle paint brushes at Ace Hardware for ~$1 each.

[fore]

Being an adherent of the K.I.S.S. Principle, I buy 1/2" natural bristle paint brushes at Ace Hardware for ~$1 each.

+1

[mp]

Being an adherent of the K.I.S.S. Principle, I buy 1/2" natural bristle paint brushes at Ace Hardware for ~$1 each.

Now that sounds too simple.

Surely there must be an automated process  to clean the inside. Maybe a micro vacuum cleaner.

 

[kaotep]

I have both, a 1/2" brush from ace and a paintbrush. Before it used to be the brush tip of my old lenspen

[Tex]

Being an adherent of the K.I.S.S. Principle, I buy 1/2" natural bristle paint brushes at Ace Hardware for ~$1 each.

Now that sounds too simple.

Surely there must be an automated process  to clean the inside. Maybe a micro vacuum cleaner.

 

You know me too well Mikey.

[bekeld]

I use the butt end of a flat bamboo skewer. Like it better than the brushes I tried.

[headchange4u]

I use a standard grinder brush that's sold at a lot of department stores. The bristles have been perfectly trimmed to the length of my chute by the burrs.

[BozemanEric]

Surely there must be an automated process  to clean the inside. Maybe a micro vacuum cleaner.

Funny as I have a Micro Shop Vac under the coffee counter. I am looking for something where I can still use the ground though. I will check into the 1 inch painting brushes. Thank you for the suggestions.

[SJM]

I use the toothbrush that the dental hygienist hands out after she cleans my teeth. 
Since I use a Sonicare to brush my teeth I don't need the manual, and it works perfectly....

And the price is right :-)))

Susan

[peter]

I guess the next question along with which brush, is how do you use it; after the grinding is done and the grinder is off, pulsing the grinder on and off and then brushing, or with a non-bristled tool while the grinder is still on?

[SJM]

I guess the next question along with which brush, is how do you use it; after the grinding is done and the grinder is off, pulsing the grinder on and off and then brushing, or with a non-bristled tool while the grinder is still on?

Definitely off for me.  I hate the sound and feel and thought of my brush tangling with the burrs while they are still spinning even a little bit....

[mp]

Being an adherent of the K.I.S.S. Principle, I buy 1/2" natural bristle paint brushes at Ace Hardware for ~$1 each.

Now that sounds too simple.

Surely there must be an automated process  to clean the inside. Maybe a micro vacuum cleaner.

 

You know me too well Mikey.

Now that is what I was expecting from you.

 

[expy98]

way back when I had a motorized grinder, can brush the top of the burrs as well as the chute

http://www.harborfreight.com/36-piece-1-2-half-inch-horsehair-bristle-acid-shop-brushes-41338.html