When you put powdered detergent in a top loading (drum) clothes washer, is
it OK to force most of the detergent beneath the holes in the bottom of the
drum before the cycle starts? The idea is to make it dissolve better in
water so there's less chance of residue on clothes. This laundromat machine
has no detergent dispenser cup.

I understand there are two nested drums in a typical clothes washer. One is
the perforated drum you put the clothes in and the other surrounds it and
contains the water. The holes in the top drum allow water to enter and
leave, to make rinsing possible. In theory you shouldn't lose any detergent
by pushing it into the bottom tub first. True?

Tom

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Tom wrote:
The idea is to make it dissolve better in
water so there's less chance of residue on clothes.

Sounds fine to me. You could also let the water fill up halfway before
putting clothes in. Or put clothes in, fill up water, then add
detergent.

If the machine has a top lint filter you can add powder detergent to
that.

I usually just put the detergent in a small pail and add hot water,
then add to the machine.