Ko te uku bentonite he momo kohuke uku TAIAO me te montmorillonite hei wāhanga matua, he pai tōna āhua o te piripono, te whānui, te mimiti, te kirihou, te marara, te whakahinuhinu, me te whakawhiti cation.
I muri i te whakawhiti ki tētahi atu turanga, arā, ki te turanga konukōreiti, he tino kaha tōna āhuatanga whakatārewatanga.
I muri i te whakakawaitanga ka tino pai tōna kaha ki te tango tae.
Nō reira, ka taea te hanga hei momo hononga katoa, hei whakatārewatanga, hei mimiti, hei tango tae, hei whakapūmau kirihou, hei whakakorikori, hei horoi, hei patu huakita, hei whakamātotoru hopi, hei horoi kakahu, hei whakakī, hei whakakaha, me ētahi atu.
He tino pumau tōna hanganga matū, nō reira i karaunatia ai ko te "kōhatu whānui".
Ko te uku whakapaipai he mea whakamahi noa i te bentonite hei whakama, hei whakamātotoru hoki i ngā āhua.

Ahumahi whakarewa
Ka taea te whakamahi i te Bentonite hei hononga, hei mimiti, hei whakarewa, hei hanga uku.
Te keri penupenu
te penupenu hei here, e iri ana me te kaihoko, SAP, e whakamahia ana mō te keri hinu, te miihini taketake me te sima hanga
Ahumahi matū
Ka taea te whakamahi i te Bentonite hei whakapūmau i te hinu, hei whakamātotoru, hei hanga i te pepa, i te rapa, i te peita, i te waituhi, i te matū o ia rā, i te paninga, i ngā kakahu.
Ngā tāpiringa whāngai manu
whakamahia mō te whāngai heihei, te tāpiringa whāngai poaka, hei āwhina i te nakunaku