A wet lap composition comprising: a mixture of a sulfopolyester dispersion and a plurality of water nondispersible synthetic polymer microfibers, wherein said microfibers have an equivalent diameter of less than 5 microns and a length of less than 25 millimeters, wherein said sulfopolyester dispersion comprises at least one sulfopolyester and water, wherein said at least one sulfopolyester comprises: (i) about 50 to about 96 percent, based on the total acid residues, of residues of one or more dicarboxylic acids, wherein said one or more dicarboxylic acids comprise terephthalic acid and isophthalic acid, (ii) about 4 to about 40 mole percent, based on the total acid residues, of residues of at least one sulfomonomer having two functional groups and one or more sulfonate groups attached to an aromatic or cycloaliphatic ring wherein the functional groups are hydroxyl, carboxyl, or a combination thereof, and (iii) one or more diol residues, wherein said sulfopolyester has a glass transition temperature (as measured on the dry polymer using DSC) of at least 40°C, wherein said sulfopolyester has an inherent viscosity of at least 0.2 dUg measured in a 60/40 parts by weight solution of phenol/tetrachloroethane solvent at 40°C and at a concentration of 0.5 grams of sulfopolyester in 100 mL of solvent, wherein said sulfopolyester exhibits a melt viscosity of less than 10,000 poise measured at 240°C at a strain rate of 1 rad/sec, wherein the wet lap composition comprises at least 50 weight percent but not more than 90 weight percent of water. a mixture of a sulfopolyester dispersion and a plurality of water nondispersible synthetic polymer microfibers, wherein said microfibers have an equivalent diameter of less than 5 microns and a length of less than 25 millimeters, wherein said sulfopolyester dispersion comprises at least one sulfopolyester and water, wherein said at least one sulfopolyester comprises: (i) about 50 to about 96 percent, based on the total acid residues, of residues of one or more dicarboxylic acids, wherein said one or more dicarboxylic acids comprise terephthalic acid and isophthalic acid, (ii) about 4 to about 40 mole percent, based on the total acid residues, of residues of at least one sulfomonomer having two functional groups and one or more sulfonate groups attached to an aromatic or cycloaliphatic ring wherein the functional groups are hydroxyl, carboxyl, or a combination thereof, and (iii) one or more diol residues, (i) about 50 to about 96 percent, based on the total acid residues, of residues of one or more dicarboxylic acids, wherein said one or more dicarboxylic acids comprise terephthalic acid and isophthalic acid, (ii) about 4 to about 40 mole percent, based on the total acid residues, of residues of at least one sulfomonomer having two functional groups and one or more sulfonate groups attached to an aromatic or cycloaliphatic ring wherein the functional groups are hydroxyl, carboxyl, or a combination thereof, and (iii) one or more diol residues, wherein said sulfopolyester has a glass transition temperature (as measured on the dry polymer using DSC) of at least 40°C, wherein said sulfopolyester has an inherent viscosity of at least 0.2 dUg measured in a 60/40 parts by weight solution of phenol/tetrachloroethane solvent at 40°C and at a concentration of 0.5 grams of sulfopolyester in 100 mL of solvent, wherein said sulfopolyester exhibits a melt viscosity of less than 10,000 poise measured at 240°C at a strain rate of 1 rad/sec, wherein the wet lap composition comprises at least 50 weight percent but not more than 90 weight percent of water.