I've used an SWP oil based primer on new bare hardwood cabinets and wainscotting. Should I sand and prime again? Sand and top coat? No sand and top coat? BTW I'm using a Wagner power painter for this (newer model, no thinning required) and so far I like it. Thanks in advance.

I have a room that is pentagonal, and about 20 years ago cedar planks were put on 4 of the walls. I am in the process of updating the room. One wall had wallpaper which is now removed so it'll be painted but I am trying to decide what to do with the cedar. I have no plans to remove it as I do like wood, just not really the dirty dated wood and colour. There are lots of nicks in the wood that need sanding. I was thinking that I would wash the walls with TSP or similar and give a light sanding. Then, combine some flat alkyd ceiling paint with paint thinner and "whitewash" over the polyurethane, or maybe just using some oil-based covering primer. The reason I don't want to just paint it is because then I would have to coat it in expensive alkyd primer and yet another coat of paint on top of that, and after all that I would just have painted planks with no grain showing. This isn't a horrible thing, but what is the point of wood walls if you just paint the grain? :help::wall: (Click to embiggin) Here's a pic showing the front windows: [URL=http://imgur.com/StvpIiG][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/StvpIiGb.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Other side (windows and coverings gonna be replaced): [URL=http://imgur.com/hzNIh3m][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/hzNIh3mb.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Back wall (a door is going to go where you see the TV wall mount): [URL=http://imgur.com/zkIS1Ah][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/zkIS1Ahb.jpg[/IMG][/URL]