Originally Posted by
Gene McCluney
It is very hard to get reticulation on modern hardened film stocks. Only "old style" films such as those sold as Efke and Adox are not pre-hardened. If a film can process at 100F, then it is pre-hardened. (This would be all E-6 and C-41 emulsions). Letting the final wash drop down to room temperature is OK. I don't have a Jobo, rather I use deep tanks in a water-jacket sink, with manual dip-n-dunk. I have always kept my final rinse/stabilizer at room temperature, as I didn't have enough room in the sink for that, and I have never experienced any reticulation in my 30 years of developing C-41. The only critical wash step (in C-41) and really not all that critical, is in the Kodak C-41 process, with the separate bleach and fix, there is a wash between bleach and fix, and this water should be similar in temperature to the bleach and fix, although all three can be somewhat lower in temperature than the developer, as they just work to completion.
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