I have been using dishwasher pods for my laundry these past 6 months, and it works great! I use them alone, I do not add other detergent. Depending on a big or small load, I use 1 or 2 pods per load. I use Finish Platinum Dishwasher pods (that’s the only one I’ve tried). My dishwasher has never worked, so initially I bought the pods to use to soak pans in the sink. Then I found I could just soak all my dishes in the sink, with the dishwasher pods. THEN, I had some stained shirts and other clothes I wanted to freshen up, so I soaked those in the sink with the dishwasher pods (in a plastic tub in the kitchen sink), and the clothes came out clean and fresh! And without the extra perfumy smell or “moisturizing” residue (which makes clothes soft?) from laundry detergent. I now use dishwasher pods exclusively in the washing machine, to clean my laundry, all laundry, towels, clothing, gentle cycle for delicates etc! But if I need to bleach something, I use regular liquid laundry detergent and bleach. Sometimes I like to do an extra rinse cycle (just because that’s what I do), and sometimes I will add plain white distilled vinegar to the machine, in that extra rinse cycle (after all the detergent has been rinsed out, not simultaneously with the detergent). Delicate things I usually like to wash in the sink by hand, not in the machine, but I can still use the dishwasher pods for this. Occassionally I still use my regular laundry detergent instead (I like Xtra Laundry detergent). I don’t like regular laundry detergent pods, as they have too much detergent in them which does not rinse out, the dishwasher pods rinse out well.

Everything I looked up suggests to make a paste using baking soda and water, and then use a scrubber and the paste to clean the outside of the pan.

It depends on what kind of pod you use. If you take it out of the plastic to put in your dishwasher, then take it out of the plastic when you dissolve it in the water to scrub. If you don’t take it out of the plastic to put in your dishwasher, then don’t take it out of the plastic when you dissolve it in the water to scrub.

For whitening whites I use the pod in addition to the regular measurement of laundry detergent.

Question-do you use the dishwasher pod instead of
or in addition to Laundry detergent? Thanks.

Don’t mix bleach with anything and you don’t have to worry about toxic fumes.

This really works I moved into a new house and the toilet looked like it hadn’t been cleaned for years poured some washing liquid down and now it looks brand new.