Research in to body finish

Well it seems that lovely as Spalted Maple looks it takes some stabilising before it can have a finish applied. Asking around on the Project Guitar Forums reveals that Cyanoacrylate (yes, good old superglue) is the best bet. Needs to be obtained in a bulk quantity and applied (quickly!) with a credit card or spatula (make that quickly and carefully - outside with a fan blowing across it is advised it seems) before allowing to harden and sanding back. And then another coat.

Superglue eh, who'da thought . . .

Oh and on the subject of the body apparently it only got posted yesterday on a 5 day parcel service - so I'm losing a week on the most critical part of my build.