# if you wore clothes for long enough would they get waterproofed ?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 29, 2015, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-wore-clothes-for-long-enough-would-they-get-waterproofed/736040 "2015-10-29T02:11:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![MrQwertyasd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@MrQwertyasd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrQwertyasd)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-wore-clothes-for-long-enough-would-they-get-waterproofed/736040/1 "2015-10-29T02:11:08Z")

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Are one’s natural exudations sufficient to waterproof one’s garb given a large temporal span ?

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**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-wore-clothes-for-long-enough-would-they-get-waterproofed/736040/2 "2015-10-29T02:12:03Z")

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No

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**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-wore-clothes-for-long-enough-would-they-get-waterproofed/736040/3 "2015-10-29T02:26:29Z")

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[Accounts like this one say ‘Maybe’.](http://www.veteransofthebattleofthebulge.org/2013/05/26/the-three-minute-shower-carmen-guarino-75th-id/)

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**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-wore-clothes-for-long-enough-would-they-get-waterproofed/736040/4 "2015-10-29T03:12:15Z")

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If you wore the same clothes long enough, I am sure they would repel everything. People, friends, romantic relationships, and probably even water.

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-wore-clothes-for-long-enough-would-they-get-waterproofed/736040/5 "2015-10-29T03:51:51Z")

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_The longer you wear them, the stronger they get.  
You dip them in water, they never get wet._