The unfoiled kind are like miniature diamonds, rubies, sapphires etc depending on the crystal colour they are cut from. Platinum Foiling (F) – Silver reflector coated with a platinum-colour protective layer.Īluminium Foiling (M) – Aluminium reflector.Ĭhatons come as foiled or unfoiled.
Foilingįoiling is the mirror coating found on the back of most rhinestones and round stones (chatons), the coating increased the level of brilliance and means that the crystals can be set into or glued onto any surface without loosing any of their brilliance. See example above where chatons have been glued into cavities drilled into the sunglasses frame.
This method can also be used for making handmade items using a power drill or hand drill depending on the material the cavity is being created in. This method is widely used in the manufacturing process where high tech CNC machines precision drill or mill cavities for the crystals. Metal clay or ceramics are used for jewellery an example of which are Swarovski’s Pave beads which can be seen above.Ĭ – Creating a cavity – This entail’s physically creating a cavity (hole) of the correct size for the chaton to be placed into and securing with an adhesive. See example above.ī – Clay setting – This method uses materials such as metal clay or ceramics to embed the crystals into the soft surface which is then hardened securing the crystals into place. The chaton is placed into the enclosure and the prongs/jaws of which there are usually 3 or 4 bent over to secure the crystal in place. Swarovski rounds stones also known as chatons, table diamonds or pointed back stones are available in a range of styles, sizes and colours.Īlthough they can be used in a number of ways the 3 most popular methods of application are:Ī – Enclosure in a setting – This method uses a setting such as a ring, clasp, pendant, chain etc to hold 1 or more chatons into place using fine jaws/prongs. This tutorial was created by Crystal and Glass Beads Guide to Crystallizing Text Using Swarovski Flatback Crystals
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