[at-l] cleaning fuel bottles

["David F. Addleton" <dfa@wimlaw.com>]

Querie:

Ok, so I've emptied the fuel bottle and left it sitting around for while,
but it still has that smell.
Kind of like an emptied bottle of Wild Turkey, which at night creates a
fine if brief show when you drop in a lit match.
What kind of show would I get doing the same to an empty but smelling fuel
bottle? I doubt it would hurt the bottle or its mouth ...
What do you think?

> I suspect it depends on what the fuel will be used for. I would probably 
> pour a couple ounces of the ethanol into the container, swirl it around
and 
> discard it out (in an environmentally safe fashion). I would probably 
> simply burn the mixture in the intended container/stove.
> 

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