It is really hard to do...about 45 years ago I tried to get Kodak film to reticulate by really abusing it during processing, for 'creative' purposes. I could not get it to happen...it was only something I read about, but could not experience even when trying hard.
Some years ago, someone wrote:
"I found the best film to produce reticulation is the old Adox film Efke. Its emulsion is very soft and cant cope with sudden temperature changes.
I developed the film as normal and used Ilford Hypam to fix it, but at the washing stage I increased the temperature from the usual 20 degrees to 40 degrees. My first attempt was ruined when I used film squeegees to help remove excess water, the emulsion was so soft it came away with the water. I was left with a beautiful peace of clear film! I now handle the film with extreme care to avoid catching the surface, which can easily remove chunks of emulsion."
Taken from the web http://attack.hr/files/Introduction...lm_and_photography-KlubvizijaSC-fubar2016.pdfI developed the film as normal and used Ilford Hypam to fix it, but at the washing stage I increased the temperature from the usual 20 degrees to 40 degrees. My first attempt was ruined when I used film squeegees to help remove excess water, the emulsion was so soft it came away with the water. I was left with a beautiful peace of clear film! I now handle the film with extreme care to avoid catching the surface, which can easily remove chunks of emulsion."
Reticulation process
- emulsion „cracking” under sudden and drastic change in temperature
- possible in different stages of photography and film processing
- Old film stock – soft and unstable emulsion – prone to reticulation
- Standard film stock today – resistant emulsion – difficult to create reticulation
- Solutions: using dehardener (any alcaline solution, ex. Sodium carbonate)
- emulsion „cracking” under sudden and drastic change in temperature
- possible in different stages of photography and film processing
- Old film stock – soft and unstable emulsion – prone to reticulation
- Standard film stock today – resistant emulsion – difficult to create reticulation
- Solutions: using dehardener (any alcaline solution, ex. Sodium carbonate)
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