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It is according to what you are going to paint or paint over?  I myself am not good at taking wood down to the bare wood and starting over completely which is really the best way to go.  But if you are going to be painting over wood especially stained wood it is best to sand down rough it up some wipe it over completely good with tacky cloth to get all the sanding residue off of wood.  Then you will have to paint over with a oil based primer it has to be oil based or it will not work if it is wood that has been stained.  Then after that dries my best choice would be Valspar one coat with primer (latex) in a matte finish as that is a lot more forgiving and easier to do than trying to re-stain or other colors but that would be your choice.