People are rubbing dishwasher tablets on their dirty clothes, with great results

Spending a fortune on stain removers to get your whites white and your oil marks out is so last year.

Now, cleanfluencers are using a new technique to sparkle up their garments – dishwasher tablets.

We’ve seen how well dishwasher tablets can work to get your washing machine clean on an empty cycle, but one mum has shared her very own tip, which involves putting dishwasher tablets in the drum with clothes to shine them up.

The woman showed her husband’s work clothes on Facebook – comprising of a few fairly mucky hi-vis jackets – before the clean.

Then came the during and after pics, which are genuinely astounding.

In the post the woman wrote: ‘My husband always has black coal and grease on his work clothes.

‘He usually washes them at work in their industrial machines. But occasionally at home I give them an extra soak.’

‘Today I decided to chuck his work clothes in to wash with four dishwashing tablets.

‘I had done the dishwashing tablet clean to my washing machine a few days ago (water was clear so washing machine obviously pretty clean) and thought the same idea might help me with grease and black stuff on his clothes.

‘This is a picture of his already washed and “clean” work clothes in the washing machine with the tablet.

‘Yuck! It didn’t get everything out, but they are much better! I might start sending a few dishwashing tablets to work with him to wash with a bit more regularly now!’

The water in the machine during the cycle shows just how much grime the Fairy dishwasher tablets were able to remove, and the after photo makes them look like new clothes altogether.

Others on the post suggested vinegar, carpet shampoo, and even Coca-Cola to get stains out, but dishwasher tablets is certainly one to try.

If you do decide to give it a go it’s worth noting that it might be better to start off with more heavy-duty clothes rather than shoving your delicates on a hot and enzymic wash such as this.

Dishwasher tablets have a number of ingredients such as bleach that could be too harsh for certain clothes, so proceed with caution.

Do you have some great cleaning hacks to share?

Get in touch with us at MetroLifestyleTeam@metro.co.uk.