Hi LiamD, I used nitro on my first kit build and I love how the finish turned out
https://www.buildyourownguitar.com.a...ead.php?t=8396
Since then I’ve done one in standard acrylic and one in an oil based finish. The main drawbacks I found with the nitro finish is that it was super messy - I don’t have any kind of proper spray set up, so I used nitro spray cans and my entire garage floor was covered in surf green! The acrylic I’ve used since then was far less messy.

In addition the nitro is quite toxic and more expensive.

I still don’t regret the choice ... but won’t go back to it unless I put together a decent spray setup.