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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marie Forjan, post: 322375, member: 147&quot;]Cleaning rhinestones with windex is a huge problem unless you use an almost dry soft toothbrush or Q-tip. Any moisture that gets on the back of the rhinestone can degrade the foil backing and you will get blackened or &quot;dead&quot; rhinestones. That is especially a problem with prong set rhinestones.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I do is dip a soft toothbrush in alcohol, shake it off so it is almost dry and use that to clean the piece. I have a hair dryer at the ready and dry the piece off <i>immediately</i>. The alcohol gets off gunk like old hairspray (I can&#039;t tell you how many pieces I get are covered with that!) and it also removes oils. Because it evaporates so quickly it is safer to use. If there is old glue on the rhinestones acetone or nail polish remover will get it off, but beware, it dissolves the glue and the rhinestone may pop out.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please...no more Windex <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie55" alt=":inpain:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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