I think if you look through all the notes closely, you'll find a pattern:
pre-soak, longer fix, wash-aid, rinse
They all have one thing in common; they extend the wet time of the film. The longer the anti-halation layer is in water, the better it washes out. I use a pre-soak, but about 10 min of development, a double fix, a rinse and wash-aid, followed by a 10 min wash and a final photo-flow. I don't have pink negatives since I adopted this procedure.
Keep in mind, the pink does no harm to print quality.
PS: some people claim that a bit of UV treatment to the dried film will fix the pink issue to, but then again, I like my negatives. |