With the body off, I scuffed it up well with a sanding sponge, and removed the old stickers (except my foil tag, that's staying):
The paint actually looked much better once the rust staining was gone, but I was pretty committed by this point. After sanding, I washed it down with Simple Green. My steam cleaner didn't survive the winter (again) so unfortunately I had to hand wash it with cold water.


The paint actually looked much better once the rust staining was gone, but I was pretty committed by this point. After sanding, I washed it down with Simple Green. My steam cleaner didn't survive the winter (again) so unfortunately I had to hand wash it with cold water.