so, last night I ran out of steam and the ONLY thing left above the deck to clean was the inside of the bonnet.
It looked whitewashed (brown is from me cleaning the outside)
My daughter said she could imagine the machine saying "OH MY, My house looks so wonderful, so clean and shiny, everything but inside my room...." I lost it in giggles. They would not put the lid over the machine as is.
SO, this morning I began with round one.
Mostly clean.
here is the pitman and leg before