Does anyone soak clothing and shoes before getting messy? Just curious. If so, why?

I go back and forth with fresh dry and clean, then mess, or soak first then mess.

Love to hear thoughts.

Depends where I am and what I'm doing.

Indoors in the bath with smooth-whipped sloppy clay, I always wet first.

This has the advantage that the clothes are already damp by the time the clay hits them.

If they're not, they will suck all the moisture out of the fine-whipped clay, so it stops being so smooth and runny, which is not as much fun.

I always soak what I'm wearing because I love the feel of wet clothes and together with any kind of mess, it just feels right to me. That's what WAM is, Wet and Messy...get wet first, if able, and then get as messy as you want. Then clean up by getting wet again...just my thought

My wife and I have, if we or I are in the wetlook mood.

Myself I usually get messy first then get wet.