I have a cedar home too and it also needed a good conditioning paint. We used Olympic Elite which is a oil based stain that is solid color. There r many tints to choose from. I picked cedar. Cedar sucked it up. The up keep for cedar expensive but if u use this stuff u can go from 3 to 4 yrs in between staining. I would not put primer on it but I would presser wash it.
Posting pic of home and stain. We stained home 3 years ago.
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Paint the back of bookcases for pop of color
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