I would be very cautions with Dreft. I've never used it personally but it's on a lot of "don't use" cloth diaper lists. For example: <A href="http://www.pinstripesandpolkadots.com/detergentchoices.htm">http://www.pinstripesandpolkadots.com/detergentchoices.htm</A>

For washing soda, where exactly have you looked? I've found mine at a several different grocery stores (in the laundry aisle, with the other 'additives' like borax and such) and even at Wal-Mart. The following link even has a phone # you can call to track down the nearest retailer that carries it. Also keep an eye out even in places that didn't have it in the past. I've found that it's something that retailers don't necessarily restock as soon as it's out so they may have just been out of stock when you checked.

<A href="http://www.sunshinediapers.com/cloth-diaper-university/choosing-a-detergent/">http://www.sunshinediapers.com/cloth-diaper-university/choosing-a-detergent/</A>

HTH,
Karen.

Huh, very strange, this talk of Simple Green prompted me to email the lady who runs the sight where the recipe first originated and the recipe isn't there anymore... I wonder if maybe the butoxyethanol in the Simple Green isn't the reason? Anyway, I've emailed and asked her about perhaps using another cleaner instead. I'll post when I receive an answer...

Karen.