Andre, THANK YOU!!!!!! I live in Las Vegas, where my tap water is 88+F in the summer... I scrapped 2 rolls of film doing the WASH using tap water to flush Paterson Tank. Thanks to your video, I will take many more steps to wash with water closer to my 68F Developing & Fix steps. Thanks again!
I knew about reticulation because I go back to the era when film was all there was... but this was the first time I'd heard about the problem with using distilled water for a rinse, so thanks for teaching me something! Side note: You might want to experiment with producing reticulation as a creative effect (Max Waldman was reputed to have done this, although he was very secretive about his techniques so no one nows for sure.) If so, a good starting point is to use an old-fashioned thick-emulsion film, develop it at the highest temperature you can stand (80 degrees F or more) and then dump an ice water rinse into the tank immediately after the developer. Or, I've heard some people develop and fix the film normally (use non-hardening fixer for best results) then plunge it alternately into very hot and very cold water. Who knows, it could be the next Instagram trend!
So my room temp water is at 81°F at coldest from the tap. Because I can’t lower the temp for rinsing, should I just up my dev stop(water) and fix to 81? If so, how should I adjust time? Using HC110
