Patrick Claydon offers the following royalty-free article for you to publish online or in print. Feel free to use this article in your newsletter, website, ezine, blog, or forum. ----------- PUBLICATION GUIDELINES - You have permission to publish this article for free providing the "About the Author" box is included in its entirety. - Do not post/reprint this article in any site or publication that contains hate, violence, porn, warez, or supports illegal activity. - Do not use this article in violation of the US CAN-SPAM Act. If sent by email, this article must be delivered to opt-in subscribers only. - If you publish this article in a format that supports linking, please ensure that all URLs and email addresses are active links. - Please send a copy of the publication, or an email indicating the URL to [email protected] - Content Crooner (www.ContentCrooner.com) has distributed this article on behalf of the author. Content Crooner does not own this article, please respect the author's copyright and publication guidelines. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not use this article. ----------- Article Title: The Difference Between Low and High Quality Hot Fix Crystals Author: Patrick Claydon Category: Clothing, Jewelry, Arts and Crafts Word Count: 433 Keywords: hot fix crystals Author's Email Address: [email protected] Article Source: http://www.contentcrooner.com ------------------ ARTICLE START ------------------
Hot fix crystals are being widely used in the textile and garment industry to create impressive motif designs. The designs add glamour to the clothes' appearance. Many of the designs are also used as company logos on shirts, whose outstanding designs help promote business. The motifs created from hot fix crystals have several other applications and are becoming an integral part of the fashion industry. Crystals' quality is determined based on their cut, facets, and color. Depending on the aforementioned factors, they are categorized as Swarovski crystals, Preciosa crystals, DMC rhinestones, Korea rhinestones, and China rhinestones. Among these, Swarovski and Preciosa (Czech) crystals are the most expensive, and considered to be the best quality. Determining the quality of hot fix crystals is possible just by inspecting them visually. High quality crystals generally produce more glitter and glitz compared to the low quality ones; they have that extra bit of sparkle to attract attention. The extra glitter in high quality crystals is due to their finer edged cutting, giving them sharp and smooth facets. In comparison, low quality crystals do not have sharp edges or facets. While their glitter is the easiest method of establishing the quality of crystals, most manufacturers also assign them various distinctive grades for ease of identification. This grading is done on the basis of the quality of cuts, colors and shapes of the crystals, with higher grades specifying better quality crystals. Other important characteristics for grading include the bottom diameter sizes and standard sizes of crystals. High quality crystals are always precisely cut; their bottom diameter size perfectly matches the standardized sizes. Smaller or larger bottom diameters generally means the crystals are of lower quality. With regard to color, high quality crystals are of uniform color throughout, while low quality crystals might look dark from one angle and lighter from another. In terms of shapes, high quality crystals come in various perfectly-cut shapes including stars, flowers, pendants, etc. Lower quality crystals, on the other hand, are unable to be cut into the finer edges required for achieving these sharp, well-defined shapes, and so can be easily identified at a glance. Over and above these identifiers, once can also differentiate between low and high quality hot fix crystals by their adherence to fabrics. High quality crystals will stick to almost all fabrics quickly and strongly, and won't come off during washing. They also require less ironing to adhere to the material. Low quality hot fix crystals do not carry any of these characteristics, and therefore require lots of effort to get adhere, but very few to come off the fabric. If you're looking for Hot Fix Crystals, or a glitzy shirt design or logo, blingworks is the site you've been looking for. Choose from any of our designs, or order your own customised hot fix crystal designs from our website today. http://www.blingworks.com.au/ Distributed by http://www.ContentCrooner.com ------------------ ARTICLE END ------------------ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
