I am strictly speaking theoretical here but it may be possible to do this using a similar method as synthing a biofuel…add a little detergent like comet and a pure ethanol like moonshine or everclear and mix…much like dish soap will allow oil and water to combine the detergent allows the ethanol to bind with the oil…
Comet is a scouring powder, and the abrasives in it are definitely NOT something that you want to introduce into an internal combustion engine.
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No, you are not. You have posted nonsense to a 2 year old thread.
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Nonsense–per se–isn’t so bad.
However, posting dangerous nonsense is almost inexcusable, IMHO.
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I don’t think Goodwill takes old TVs anymore, at least around here.
They no longer take CRT (cathode ray tube) devices (TVs or monitors) around here either.
Back 2-1/2 years ago when I posted the thought they still did! 
I just checked the full ingredient list of Comet Cleanser, and in addition to an abrasive that would help to destroy an engine, it also contains bleach!
As I stated previously, your suggestion about using Comet to “restore” stale gasoline is just totally wrong–on multiple counts.
Here are the ingredients of the product that you suggested adding to gasoline:
Ingredient/Purpose: Calcium Carbonate=Scrubbing Agent, Calcium Hydroxide=pH Adjuster, Fragrance, Green 7= Colorant, Sodium Carbonate=Builder/Sequestering Agent, Sodium Linear Alkylbenzenesulfonate=Surfactant-Cleaning Agent, Trichloro-s-triazinetrione=Bleach
Firobug’s suggestion is just plain…irresponsible…and I really hope that nobody attempts to follow his dangerous suggestion.
@cdaquila Carolyn, VDCdriver has offered proof that firobug has posted a really bad idea. It might be a good idea to remove it just in case someone does not see the rebuttal and actually tries it.
For me, it’s easy enough to get rid of them
My city has designated collection centers for old computers, TVs of any kind . . . including CRT . . . old paint, used oil, etc.
You just load it in your vehicle, go there, and they unload it and put it away. You don’t even get out of the car. They just ask for your zip code and send you on your way. No forms to fill out, nothing
The only drawback is they’re only open saturday and sunday
I’m sorry, but I cannot support removing people’s posts simply because we disagree with them, even if they actually are bad ideas. That is a very slippery slope. 
Well if it was old two years ago, it’s really old gas now. Reminds me I need to fill my gas can. I use premium non-oxy for the lawn mower and snow blower and always use B&S fuel stabilizer year round. I never buy more than 5 gallons at a time. Yeah and Comet is more expensive than gas.
…and introducing that doubly-caustic substance into the engine will wind up being REALLY expensive.
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I saw when I was “paged” earlier, but I didn’t respond initially. I’m not going to remove the post from firobug because it seems to have been debunked as a uniquely bad idea. I am no arbiter of what’s actual good car advice. This isn’t illegal – it just seems to be very, very misguided. It’s not obscene or spammy, either.
If somebody came in this forum looking for ways to revive stale gas, there are a lot of threads about it. If they took this advice from only this thread, dropped everything and rushed to dump Comet in the tank without reading any further, only to find that it ruined their engine…well, I don’t know what to tell them. Comments get disputed, dismissed, or worse all the time, but I don’t delete the ones most roundly disliked.
I am going to disagree Carolyn. People go to forums like this for advice and can receive wrong advice but when someone posts something that is without any doubt harmful it should be removed or at least have a disclaimer added to the post.
Please know I’m not being cheeky when I say that I consider VDCdriver’s post(s) a disclaimer. Practically speaking, how am I to police the accuracy of the information presented here? Our forum doesn’t claim to give people officially-sanctioned advice under the Car Talk name. The suggestion was immediately pounced on, better than I could ever say myself.
Thank you, Carolyn!
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Sure. Hey, a moderator’s got to know her limitations. (Not that Dirty Harry is usually one of my philosophical touchstones.)
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It doesn’t hurt to channel Clint Eastwood, as long as you’re channeling pre-empty-chair-monologue Clint, from before he lost his marbles.
If you put that in your gas you have to ask yourself if you feel lucky? Well do you?
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I thought that being Moderator meant being able to wield ( Thor’s Hammer ) at will.
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