Avoiding cloudy rhinestones

What are cloudy rhinestones? (I got the term on Google):

First, here are normal rhinestones (bought from the dollar store):

And here are cloudy rhinestones:

Maybe not the best examples, but it's obvious cloudy rhinestones lost their initial shine.

That's because of the glue used (in that case E-6000 is the culprit).

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Two solutions

1. Change the rhinestones

The video below shows that glass hot-fix rhinestones, even though used with E-6000 glue, will still stay clear once glued.

2. Change the glue

Use Beacon Gem-Tac glue to stick the rhinestones. Compared to the E-6000, Gem-Tac doesn't damage the gems' brilliance (even though they're from the dollar store.)

*However, the rhinestones take longer to adhere to their surface with Gem-Tac than with E-6000 (in my opinion).

Happy decodening