one and place it on the block and with a soft dish scrubbing brush you can buy at your local grocery store i gently scrub each diaper… very gently people… don’t be mad at your husband when you do this! 🙂 i scrub both sides and place it in an empty container. after i scrub all of them (again gently – make sure mother in law in not in town when you do this 🙂 i then let all the water out of the sink. i rinse the diapers out by hand under the warm running water and then after they are all rinsed out i plug the sink back 