well after reading a lot ill make some assumptions. THe whole binding fingerboard part, it all depends on the neck itself and your personal preferences to how wide you want the neck, and also, you probably will have to re-radius the fingerboard after the binding is installed so it flows. With the binding on the body. Well the reason why people need a loadfull of clearcoat on their guitars is because of the fact that they need to be leveled out through sanding, so naturally, the binding will be uneven at first, but after sanding the clearcoat flat, hopefully its smooth without sandthroughs.