I'm Done With Lion - How Do I Get Rid Of It?

I want to go back to Snow Leopard. I downloaded Lion from the App Store. How do I delete the entire Lion OS off my iMac and restore to Snow Leopard, which I DO have on a disc? I know I will have to back up any files I want to keep because this will completely erase my hard drive, and I'm ok with that. There's a bunch of junk on my computer that this will get rid of, and that's a plus.
If there's a site that explains how to do this, could you direct me to it, please?
If not, could you please give me step-by-step directions for the process?
Thanks

Backup your data.
Boot from your Snow Leopard DVD by pressing and holding 'C' when you hear the startup chime.
Go into Disk Utilities, select your HD that Lion was on and erase it.
After Lion is erased, install Snow Leopard.

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