Yeah, at ten years old, and in the state it's in, honestly I'd toss it. I'd lay the odds as probably 50/50 of the finish just not coming out right and maybe doing that thing too much flattening agent does where it turns the surface white.
Is the spending freeze a temporary thing, or ongoing. If ongoing, I'd be pretty focused on taking steps to rectify that, honestly.
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