I am dirty as hell but I cannot wash myself in pods, cause it says that I can be cleansed better only in bathhouse. I was using pods from the start of the game, but once I used bathhouse, everything went buggy. Now I cannot wash myself in pods no matter how dirty I am, cause it says I am clean as fk and in addition even if I clean myself in bathhouse my shoulder armor still dont look shiny or clean (minor dirt remains).
That is a new one. Never heard of this “bug”. Are you playing hardcore? Try a reset to all of your settings and see what happens.