Swarovski Application Manual

Application methods and technical reference

The Swarovski Application Manual provides step-by-step technical guidance for applying Swarovski crystal components. The web version is organized by application method so you can move directly to the process, tools, material checks, troubleshooting, and care information relevant to your work.

This web edition is based on the original Swarovski Application Manual 2024 and reorganizes its application content for easier online navigation. The original manufacturer PDF remains the source document for the application procedures, process parameters, compatibility guidance, troubleshooting, and care information presented here. For Swarovski catalogs, charts, seasonal publications, and other manufacturer documents, visit the Swarovski PDF Catalogs and Brochures section.

Choose an application method

How the manual is organized

Depending on the method, Swarovski's manual combines product suitability, required machines and tools, supplier references, step-by-step application instructions, practical information, and troubleshooting. The Hotfix section also includes the Swarovski Hotfix Selector for product and carrier-material combinations.

Product Overview	Identifies Swarovski products covered by the application method.
Machines and Tools	Lists the equipment and tools used for the process.
Suppliers	Provides manufacturer-listed sources for relevant machines and tools.
Application	Describes the application process and product-specific procedure.
Useful Information	Adds practical guidance for working with the products where the manual provides it.
Quick Assistance	Summarizes typical application problems, possible causes, and corrective guidance.

The manual concludes with care guidance and information on laws, regulations, norms, standards, and warning notices.

Swarovski products and suitable application techniques

The matrix below follows the product-to-method relationships shown in the Swarovski Application Manual 2024. Product names reflect the manual's terminology, while links to eCrystalHouse product families are included only where an active catalog category exists. A check mark means the manual identifies that method as suitable for the listed product or variant. Exact article, carrier material, tools, and process conditions still need to be checked on the relevant method page.

Product / variant	Soldering	Stone Setting	Plating	Gluing with additional adhesive system	Gluing Self-adhesive Elements	Epoxy Clay	Hotfix Application	Sewing	Hand Application	Mechanical Application
Round Stones		✓		✓		✓
Flat Backs No Hotfix		✓		✓		✓
Flat Backs Hotfix							✓
Sew-on Articles								✓	✓
Crystal Buttons								✓	✓
Fancy Stones		✓		✓		✓
Beads								✓¹	✓
Crystal Pearls				✓⁴		✓⁴		✓¹	✓
Pendants				✓				✓¹	✓
Crystal Transfers — Hotfix Transfers							✓
Crystal Transfers — Crystal-IT Infinity					✓
Crystal Textures — with Hotfix film				✓			✓
Crystal Textures — with Coldfix film					✓
Crystal Textures — with IT film					✓
Crystal Textures — with Removable foil					✓
Crystal Textures — with Foil Overlay Hotfix				✓			✓	✓
Linked Crystal Components — Crystal Mesh				✓			✓	✓³	✓
Linked Crystal Components — Cupchains	✓⁵		✓					✓	✓
Linked Crystal Components — Multirow Cupchains	✓		✓					✓	✓
Linked Crystal Components — Crystal Fishnet Bandings								✓	✓
Crystal Rivets & Rose Pins — Crystal Rivets										✓
Crystal Rivets & Rose Pins — Rose Pins										✓

1 These products should be sewn by hand.
2 Only for Foil Overlay.
3 Crystal Fine Mesh, Crystal Mesh Colorée and Crystal Mesh Colorée Mini have a very tight structure and should therefore be sewn by hand.
4 Only for no-hole and half-hole pearls.
5 Only unplated Cupchains can be used for soldering.

The matrix reflects the 2024 Application Manual. Some product-family or variant names in the manual may not represent a currently active eCrystalHouse commercial category. For current product-family orientation, see the Swarovski Crystals Product Guide.

Terminology note: “crystal”

In the Swarovski Application Manual, “crystal” refers to crystal glass, category 3 under European Council Directive 69/493, or to an individual component made from that material.