Response to Negative quality

John, Look at the negatives under a 10X or so magnifier. Reticulation clumping usually looks quite different from large grain. If your solutions only vary by about 5deg F, most film won't reticulate. If the only cool solution is the final wash, it is less likely to be reticulation. Hot developer and cold wash before fixing will give you reticulation. Sometimes you can get it with cold fixer. When I did it on purpose, I used larger temperature differences, even for moderate reticulation.

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