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So you'll need to punch them in deeper than that as the 40 grit will chew through the first layer quite quickly and if you do it flush you'll need to punch them in again between sanding which you won't want to be doing.
My comment around the slivers etc is from my own experience I wish I'd spent more time doing that before because it makes the finish product look a lot neater but I'm learning to love the "character" and charm.
For the products to put on it we used Bona Natural Primer and lacquer. One coat of primer and two coats of lacquer. It's super quick with the correct roller (not paint one) and I remember it drying super quickly (although that was during the summer). What to put on will depend on what you want it to look like.
You can see on the pics what we started with and how it looks now (Please ignore lack of skirting boards, can't motivate myself to install them although I have like 16m of the stuff in my hallway ...)