So as long as you have everything ready , especially drying rack w/ fan and drip tarp/ tray / plastic swimming pool lol, it goes pretty smooth. It's seems to just bead and up and roll off the buds , like rain would if that makes sense , but it HAS to be done at clip , I wouldn't do it after say 15 minutes of clip lol.
It's not absorbing the wash if its freshly cut - but I'd imagine that if you let it dry even a little and it reabsorbs moisture then you may run into issues
I did half my crop last run and was neither impressed or disappointed with it - but there was a lot of junk in the wash that I was glad I didn't hang onto , and the washed buds seemed to stay more perky during dry/ cure