I finished the body with KTM-9. I wasn't sure about using it as it's been sat around for a couple of years, but did it anyway. I brushed it on with a liberon lacquer brush, loosely following a guide I found on the website. It seemed to be quite forgiving. After the first coat I remembered about sitting it in warm water for a while before applying so did that and it flowed out much nicer. I think I did six coats over 2 days, didn't bother to sand out runs or brushmarks. I then hung it up for a week to cure. Then bit I wasn't looking forward to... (gently) sanding the lacquer, paranoid about sanding through again. I sanded through again, on the edge on the back by the jack. KTM-9 claims to be easy to repair, so I fixed it then gave the whole guitar another coat, maybe two.