Next came the CA which was the cheapest stuff I could find: Rockler Stick Fast CA which was about $12 per 4.6 oz. bottle. Thanks Wes from way back when for pointing me towards that. The first coat was the thin stuff. It dries too fast to get any coverage and let me tell you it is just about impossible to sand off a piece of latex glove once it's stuck to the finish. so I moved to medium. The good thing about medium is it dries slower, which allowed me to card on a pretty thick layer. The bad thing about medium is it dries slower so the thick coat took what felt like forever to dry enough to level. Next I tried making a little pad out of a rag and pouring a little medium CA on that. I spread it before it dried on the pad and only had to wait a couple of minutes before handling it. I leveled the first two layers before going to the pad, but after that I just kept adding it up and building thickness, sort of like Tru-Oil. After 6 or 8 layers on both sides and edges, I let the whole thing dry/cure for about a half hour and starting sanding. I started with 320, moved to 600, and then began micro mesh at 1800 right on up through 12000, using mineral spirits as a lubricant. It polished up like liquid glass. I had to stay away from the low angle shots that show reflection so well, because you couldn't see any wood at all, so these shots don't really show how glossy the finish is. It will be interesting to see if the lacquer on my guitar polishes up any better.
SR