Update... Well all that could go wrong did Lmao!
So I read about timber mate on a few other sites and saw a beautiful translucent blue Tele that had the grain treatment done to it with the timber mate. So I went to my local woodwork store (the people there were so much help and very nice, I will be going back there if I don't give up on building guitars!).
I got some spray dealer and the timber mate stuff. I sanded the body down as directed then forgot the sealer (strike one)
Then I put a mud thickness of timber mate on the body and waited for it to dry (strike two)
As I was feverishly sanding, sweat dripped onto the body and the timbermate loosened, so I figured a light spray of water (not enough to damage, just a spritz and then wet a towel down to work the rest off) now I'm waiting for it to dry over night sa I can sand it down then add the sealer. I figure if worse comes to worse, I can rattle can it a few different coats different colors then sand it in a few spots to look worn.
I think I can save it to stain it with reranch translucent blue, but I dunno.
Anybody else have a comedy of first time errors and recover?