WAM! Get Wet and Messy with Our Guide to Sploshing

For some people, getting covered in mud while playing sports is annoying. But, some kinksters take this to a whole new level and love to get wet and messy all on purpose! Sounds like fun? Maybe wet and messy play is for you. Victoria Blisse guides us how to get started in sploshing.

What is wet and messy play?

Firstly, wet and messy (WAM) and sploshing are all terms for the same fetish. It's where a person (or several) get covered in something that will make lots of mess. Quite often this is done over clothes, but it can be done in the nude too. Sploshing involves food items such as baked beans, custard and whipped cream and non-edibles such as gunge, shaving foam, and mud.

There's no one way to do wet and messy play. You can sit on something to make a mess, for example, a cake and wiggle about to make it squishy. You can also have something poured all over you like treacle or slime. Some sploshing fans enjoy a food fight, throwing items of food at each other that'll make lots of mess.

Foodstuffs can be eaten as play happens but it isn’t necessarily part of all scenes. Also, sploshing isn’t always sexual either, it can be as simple as throwing cream pies in a slapstick manner, and be clothed for the entire scene.

Two wet and messy women smiling at each other
Sploshing around! © WAM Photography

Wet and messy combinations?

Sploshing can partner with other fetishes too. Having the sploshee tied up adds an element of bondage to the scene. You can include submission by way of feeding during the fun or *** can be used once the person is all wet and messy. BDSM matches with sploshing well.

Clothes destruction fetish can be matched up with wet and messy play too. Once the clothing is thoroughly covered in mess, then they could be cut or ripped off. Although cake sitting is part of sploshing, it can be a particular fetish on its own too and can come in as part of a crush fetish.

Sploshing safety

Compared to many fetishes, the risks in wet and messy play are pretty low, but there are a few things to be mindful of.

Spicy food will irritate any sensitive areas, so be very careful about using it at all but avoid putting any spice, especially chilli, near eyes, lips or penis/vulva. Sugary foods can be irritating too; keep sugary foods away from the vulva and definitely don’t put anything sugary inside the vagina as it can cause yeast infections.

Before playing, be sure to ask your partner/s about any allergies. You don’t want to be covering anyone with a substance that will make them ill. Also be careful about using nuts or strawberries or anything with a gritty consistency. You don’t want to get bits of gritty stuff stuck well, anywhere, but particularly sensitive genital areas!

This last comment is more about comfort than safety, but when using strongly scented substances such as creamed soups and sauces containing garlic, avoid placing on a person’s hair as the scent can linger even after washing. This also goes for cream - stale milk is not pleasant!

Two wet and messy men playing in gunge. Sportbolt Club London
Image courtesy of Sportsbolt Club London

What do I need for a sploshing session?

Not much in the way of specialist gear is needed for sploshing. You just need somewhere you can get messy, which could be a bath or shower. Or you could put down plastic sheets to cover floors/furniture from damage. There are specialist fluid proof sheets available too, which will be worth the investment if you indulge in wet and messy play on a regular basis.

Be aware any clothes worn when sploshing could end up stained, especially if you’re using slime or anything containing tomatoes or wine. Or, if you prefer, opt for something waterproof like latex or rubber or go completely naked!

After enjoying wet and messy play, have a thorough wash. It’s not necessary to have lots of nice smelling bath products to clean off, but if you enjoy bubble baths or using bath bombs, this is definitely a good excuse to pamper yourself. You will definitely want to wash off any lingering food smells if you’ve been sploshing with food.

Wet and messy play is lots of rule-breaking fun. Be a rebel and enjoy some sensation play that could get you laughing as well as writhing in pleasure!

Victoria Blisse was an erotic author and sex-positive Reverend. She helped shape fetish.com and FET from the very beginning and we're eternally grateful for her passion and creativity. Sadly, she passed away in January 2024. We hope that whenever her articles are read, she'll be honored.

Looking to get wet and messy with a partner in crime? Head over to the sploshing forum!