MY finishing program:
1 coat of BLO to bring out the grain
1 - 2 coats of Thin CA
8 coats of Medium CA, applied with foam sheet. Or, 10 coats Medium CA applied with Blue paper towel.
Wet sand starting at 600 to remove ridges from CA application. Then 800, 1000, 1200 wet/dry and all 9 grads of Micro Mesh. I follow this up with plastic scratch remover and then buff with rouge.
I have only recently started using the foam sheet as an applicator, instead of the blue towel. I have to do more coats with the blue towel as much of the CA glue absorbes into the towel. I like using the foam sheets, but it does take practice to get it smooth.
To answer the original question, this process applies a fairly thick layer.