text: keep that tattoo as clean as possible. the salt from your sweat i would imagine would get into the fresh wound and sorta exfoliate it and may dull the color and/or cause infection. talk to a tattoo artist for the best answer. also, you dont want your clothes to be rubbing on the fresh tattoo. that will irritate it and can cause infection. i suggest if you get the tattoo on friday to stay away from dancing for a few weeks.