Thanks Phrozin, I get the advantages of the 2K approaches and to spraying. Would love to do it, but my climate is not really conducive to doing the work outside, and I have decided it's not worth divorce to bring it inside, so I am kind of stuck.

I am at the moment going back and forth between acrylic lacquers (AquaCoat lacquer, Target EM6000) or poly (Crystalac Brite Tone). Brite Tone and EM6000 seem the most common used with guitars.

You are definitely right that there are a LOT of clears here in the US, but there don't seem to be a lot of reviews, particularly on guitars. When I do see reviews, they often indicate that the product is seriously flawed.

I sort of like the idea of the acrylic lacquers because they are supposed to burn in rather than just layer, but there are more (favorable) reviews from more different sources that I have found on Crystalac which is a poly.

So, I keep looking for more reviews...