Ko te kāpua hukapapa hiriwa he momo taputapu hiriwa kei reira kua kotahitia ngā kiriata hiriwa ki te papanga kaha, e wātea ai te taputapu whakamahia mō te tūhono i ngā mata me te tango i ngā taputapu. Ko te hanganga o te kāpua hukapapa hiriwa e toru ngā wāhanga matua: te papanga, ngā kiriata hiriwa, me te pūnaha here. Ko te papanga, e hangaia ana ko te paraihe, te whakapiripiri rānei, e tāwhai ai te whakapapaio me te kaha, e āki ai te kāpua kia rite ki ngā mata pōpō me te kaha ki te whakamahi tūhono. Ko ngā kiriata hiriwa—ko te teihana hiriwa, te karipiti hirihiri rānei, te zirconia alumina rānei—kei te mātua mātua kua whiriwhiria kia rite ki te whakamahinga: ko te teihana hiriwa mō te whakapapaio whakamua i te rakau me te paraihe, ko te karipiti hirihiri mō ngā taputapu whakarewa pērā i te kōhatu, te hiriwai rānei, me te zirconia alumina mō ngā mahi paraihe kaha. Kua kuhia ēnei kiriata ki te papanga ki te whakamahi i tētahi tikanga here e rua: ko te kiriata tuatahi (kiriata tuatahi) e herea ai ngā kiriata ki te papanga, me te kiriata tuarua (kiriata tuarua) e whakakaha ai i te here, e here ai i te wehenga kiriata i te wā o te whakamahinga. Ko te hanganga e rua nei e whakarite ana i te hiriwa tūhonohono, me te roa o te kāpua. Ko te kāpua hukapapa hiriwa e wātea ana ki ngā āhua rereke, pērā i ngā kāri, ngā pōroto, me ngā taura, me te kaha o ngā rahi kiriata, mai i te kaha (24-80) mō te tango taputapu kaha ki te iti (400-600) mō te whakamutunga. Ko tana whakapapaio he pai ki te whakapapaio i ngā mata pōpō, pērā i ngā paninga rakau, ngā pīpari paraihe, me ngā papa waka, kei hea ngā hiriwa katoa e kore e taea te whakapā atu ki te ōrite. I ngā mahi paraihe, ka whakamahia hei tango i te parurenga, te kiriata, me ngā pāpaku, i te wā e whakapapaio ana i te rakau, ka whakamāmā i te rakau kauta, ka tūhono i ngā mata mō te whakamutunga, me te tango i ngā paina tawhito, i ngā varnishes rānei. Ko tētahi o ngā painga matua o te kāpua hukapapa hiriwa ko tana āhua e paripari ai i te wera, e heke i te tūponotia o te kākara, o te tōkiri rānei i ngā taputapu e mōhiotia ana te wera pērā i ngā rakau māmā, ngā piripiri rānei. Anō hoki, ko te papanga e herea ana ki te wehenga, e kaha ana hoki ki te whakamahi ki ngā taputapu hiko pērā i ngā kāpua pōroto me ngā kāpua taura. Ko te wehenga tūhonohono o ngā kiriata hiriwa e whakarite ai i te mahi tono tūhonohono, e heke i ngā raru mata me te hanga i te mata māmā. He iti noa, he nui rānei te whakamahinga i ngā tāone whakangao mō te whakaputa nui rānei i ngā kaupapa DIY mō ngā tika iti, ko te kāpua hukapapa hiriwa he taputapu tūturu, he whakautu whaihua kia eke ai i ngā mata whakaputanga tika, kounga hoki i runga i te rohe whānui o ngā taputapu.