Hoʻohana ʻia kēia mīkini humuhumu ʻumi a i ʻole i kapa ʻia ʻo ka mea hili hiki ke humu i nā ʻano kini like ʻole e like me nā kini tin, nā kini aluminika, nā kini hikina a me nā kini pepa. Me ka maikaʻi hilinaʻi a me ka hana maʻalahi, ʻo ia nā mea pono kūpono no nā ʻoihana e like me ka meaʻai, ka mea inu, ka lāʻau lapaʻau a me ka ʻenekinia kemika. Hiki ke hoʻohana wale ʻia ka mīkini a hui pū me nā laina hana hoʻopihapiha hoʻopihapiha.
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