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The steel will always look dark and atarnished thats fine, you cant expect to get it to look like polished stainless!
Your aiming to get an even consistent surface with nothing thats likely to flake off, that is all.
Once its coated/painted no more air will get to the surface and therefore no more rust shall occur. However if there is any loose material it will eventually lead to your paint flaking off.
If your planning to paint it up yourself, you want it to be fairly smooth as the paint will be quite thin. The texture medium-fine wet & dry paper will leave you with is perfect.
Before applying the primer, clean the frame & dry it thoroughly. To primer only needs to be applied thinly, there after if you want a good job, do plenty of waiting (overnight ideal)between many thin coats.