I roto i te hanga rapa, ka tāpirihia te muka sepiolite ki ngā potae, ngā ngongo, me ngā gaskets. Ka hangaia he whatunga i roto i te anga rapa, ka tohatoha ōrite te ahotea, ka whakaiti i te pakaru i raro i te whakamahinga auau. Ka whakaroahia e tēnei te roa o te ora o ngā hua rapa, inā koa i roto i ngā tono ahotea nui pērā i ngā potae motuka, he mea nui te roa o te ora. Hei tāpiri, ka whakaitihia te hiahia mō ngā kaihoko whakapakari hangai, ka whakaitihia ngā utu whakaputa, ka whakarei ake i te hoahoa taiao.

I roto i ngā kirihou, ka whakapai ake te muka sepiolite i te pumau o ngā āhuatanga, ka ārai i te piko, i te mimiti rānei ina pāngia e ngā huringa pāmahana. Ka whakamahia i roto i ngā wāhanga i werohia, i ngā rauemi takai, me ngā wāhanga ahumahi, ina hiahiatia te mahi pumau. Nā te hototahi o te muka ki ngā momo polymer—tae atu ki te polyethylene, te polypropylene, me te PVC—ka taea ai te whakamahi puta noa i ngā momo hanganga kirihou rerekē.

Kāore te muka sepiolite i rite ki ngā muka karāhe, he kore e whakakoi, e whakaiti ana i te pakaru o ngā taputapu tukatuka, e whakaroa ana hoki i te roa o te ora o ngā mīhini. E hangai ana hoki tōna takenga mai ki te tipu haere o te hiahia mō ngā rauemi pumau, e kukume ana i ngā kaihanga e whai ana ki te whakaiti i ō rātou pānga ki te taiao. Mō ngā kaihanga rapa me te kirihou, he huinga pai te muka sepiolite o te kaha, te maha o ngā whakamahinga, me te pumau.