Update: it was removed by washing again with the heavy/high soil mode

  • palordrolap@fedia.io
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    2 days ago

    Yeah, I used pods for a few years. Went back to plain old liquid because this would happen once in a while. Or else this stuff would start gumming up the seals or out of sight waiting for the next time I used the machine.

    As for the cause(s) take your pick from: water too cold, not enough water, tangled item(s) creating temporary pockets that only open up late in the cycle (which could be caused by:), overloaded machine.

  • HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com
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    2 days ago

    I never understood the pods. I get this liquid detergent with a pump where one pump is like one pod. No opening a pod container just grab and squirt one to three times depending on load size.

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      2 days ago

      I’ve never understood the liquid soap. It’s more expensive by weight than powdered detergent, but a sizable chunk of the liquid detergent is just water…

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        I use tap cold water for most loads. When I use powder I dissolve it in a cup in a bit of hot water before mixing it with the cold. It does a better job of cleaning like that.

        If I was super rich I’d probably still use cold water so the clothes lasted longer, but I might switch to liquid detergent so I don’t have to dissolve.

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        Not needing to measure is convenient. It not like the dishwasher were you have an area to put it in that gets the right amount and of course the amount varies based on load so it would be pretty hard to.

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        Its all marketing, the powder v liquid is a fair consumer product debate (the different formats allow for different chemistry, but by weight/price, powerd is most efficent), but the pods for dish and clothes washers are meant to be as inefficent of a storage method as possible to get you to buy more product.

        The youtube channel Technology Connections has several hours of midwestern rants about how bad pods are.

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        method. oh but I made a mistake. Its two squirts per load size so 2-6 depending but I don’t think I have ever used 6 even on large loads and it works fine. I find it the most convenient for laundry and it seems as good as your going to get for the environment at a fair price.

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      2 days ago

      yes, this is the way. none of the excess bulk, weight, and transport costs of a liquid detergent; none of the it’s-not-cum-i-swear stains of a pod.

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    3 days ago

    It looks like it. I use gain ones and if I do a cold wash cycle less than 40 (or so) minutes, the casing doesn’t always get fully dissolved.