Fraser
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20mins under paterson film washer then final rinse in deionised water with photoflo.
Does water tempreture matter? I'am guessing the warmer the water the more stuff will dissolve?
I open my lid, set it under the kitchen faucet and turn it on nice and slow. Every minute I dump it out and refill it. If the water is still pink after 5 minutes, I go 5 more. I'm a simple person 🙂.
I start at a similar water temperature and slowly increase the hot water. It gets more of the anti-halation (sp?) pink stuff off my Tri-X.
I have only gotten reticulated film once, and it was with Efke KB100 8x10 sheet film. I had my mixing valve set incorrectly and didnt' notice it. I washed the film in water over 115°F degrees! Efke film has a relatively delicate emulsion, and I didn't use a hardening fixer.
I routinely wash film that was developed at 68°F in "cold" (for Texas) tap water that is 80°F, and I have never in the 12 years I've had this darkroom experienced reticulation of any emulsion or format with that temperature differential (12°F). My experience suggests that reticulation requires a rather more substantial temperature differential than that. But I don't know. Maybe I've been lucky.
I use the Ilford wash sequence but follow the Ilford recommendations of 5 inversions, then 10, then 20. I do not do the extended inversions of the previous posters. Then a few drops of PhotoFlo in distilled water.
I open my lid, set it under the kitchen faucet and turn it on nice and slow. Every minute I dump it out and refill it. If the water is still pink after 5 minutes, I go 5 more. I'm a simple person 🙂.
I start at a similar water temperature and slowly increase the hot water. It gets more of the anti-halation (sp?) pink stuff off my Tri-X.
There is also a lot of conjecture as to what temperature a film will reticulate. It will vary of course on the film and how robust it is. Also, the difference in temperatures between cycles.