particles

A word of caution for those who use perlite. I've recently picked up a back of Black Gold perlite from Sun Gro Horticulture (8-quart bag), and wish I hadn't. As always, I thoroughly rinse my soil additives. For perlite I use a 5-gallon paint strainer bag. Works perfectly. While rinsing...

So I've heard of cutting it with flower to make it stretch further and so it's not as airborne, but what about mixing it with water to completely eliminate any stray floating particles? Would this affect the viability? Has anyone ever even tried this? Just wondering