I made an arch top guitar for a good friend of mine who is also a professional musician. His body chemistry eats through lacquer in a few months. A few years ago, I repaired a large area of the arch top where his picking arm contacts the guitar top: he had long since eaten through the finish in that area. I used coats of CA glue for the repair. Aside from the discolouration of the top where the wood had been bare, it looked good as new and indistinguishable from the rest of the high-gloss finish. Unlike the original finish, the CA repair, several years later, seems impervious to his body chemistry.
While I haven't used CA glue for an entire finish, I don't really see why it couldn't be. The fumes from it could be nasty, however.
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