How to set Tiny Rhinestones

Use a needle tool or toothpick which has been dipped into a tiny bit of fresh E6000 glue to touch the back of the rhinestone. The face down stone will adhere to the glue until you can load it into the setting turning it point down as you approach the well. Push the stone into the setting well and leave it for a few hours. It only takes a small speck of glue to hold tiny stones. There is no need to try to put glue in the well also.

If you make a mess with E6000, go back to the project in an hour and gently rub away the cloudy glue. You can always start over with that one stone which might come lose during the clean up process.

Necklace by Melania Jackson of www.groovymooncreations.etsy.com


Settings with Prongs

Sometimes you have to gently open the prongs just a bit, in order for the stone to fit down onto the tiny rim of the setting on which it will rest. Some settings are meant for oval or pointed back stones so you may not be able to get a flat back stone to fit into them. Flat back stones have a sharper edge which allows the stone to fit into the exact size flat back setting. Rounded back or pointed back stones have a gentle slope to their edges so that they can fit into the open back settings. 
 



Another tip: When you are using a deep well setting with a closed back for pointed back settings, the stone will rest on the almost invisible rim of the setting just under the prongs, not all the way down into the setting as one might think at first.


Necklace and earrings by Willie Zuniga of www.MorningGloryDesigns.etsy.com  


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