I agree, do whatever you usually do. Competition has enough stress involved without having to change the 'basics' of your comfort level during construction. If you're used to prewashing everything, stick with that. Personally, I prewash everything no matter what the future holds.
And a word about not washing finished pieces before entry, don't forget you'll still need to block it so don't rule out wet blocking if necessary. You never know, dry blocking may not be enough.
Last edited by ghostrider; 07-01-2015 at 05:27 AM.