Ko ngā porotiti whakamāmā i te kōranga he taputapu ā-hiko motuhake i hangaia kia ōrite ki ngā āhuatanga motuhake o te kōranga—ko tētahi karu ahi e mōhiotia ana mō tana whiti, roa atu ai, me ngā tauira paraihe. Kātahi ka whakaurua ngā porotiti ki te whakamauru i ngā mata pāpaku o te kōranga, whakapai ake i tana tae ake tonu, me te eke atu ki te whakamā mīnihi, i te wā kotahi ko te whakapūmau i te takotoranga o te kōranga. Ko te hironga ki tana kaha ko te whakamahinga i ngā pātītī diamanti, he whiti ake i ngā paraihe matua o te kōranga (kwartz, feldspar, me te mica), e whakarite ai i te wehenga pono o te matāpuna. Kei te wātea ngā porotiti i te rōpū rere o ngā rāwekenga, mai i te kauta (50-100 grit) mō te whakamaru i ngā mata kāore i te ōrite, kia māmā ai ngā tohu toki, ka haere ki te waenga (200-400 grit) mō te whakapai ake i te ahunga, ā, ka mutu ki te māmā (800-3000 grit) kia eke ai ki te māroaroa. Ko te matakitanga tuwhera he pūtau ranei, he paparorohia ranei, e āki ai te porotiti ki te ōrite ki te mata o te kōranga kaua ko te whakapai ai i te māroa. I roto i te mahi i te kōranga, ka whakamahia ēnei porotiti ki ngā tatau kōranga, ngā papa pōpō, me ngā papaka tapa, kei hea te māroa ka whakapai ake i te āhua, ā, ka whakamāmā hoki i te horoi mā te iti ake i te nuinga o te wai. Ka taea hoki e ngā porotiti te whakamahia ki ngā pūnaha whakamāmā hau, kei reka te wai hei whakaiti i te porotiti, whakaiti i te mirumiru (ko tētahi tūkino ki te hauora ki te kōranga hau), me te neke i ngā pātītī kōranga, e here ai i te kōpaki. Ko te tikanga hoki o te tikanga ka āwhina i te kōranga kia angiangi ake i te tuku i te pōuri poto, e āki ai i ngā kaimahi ki te āta whai mō te āhua mutunga. Mō ngā tohunga, ko te aronga ki te rerekētanga o ngā rāwekenga he mea nui: ina hūpeke koe i tētahi rāwekenaga, ka waihoa he tohu kua pakaru pea i te wā e tika ana. Ko ngā porotiti whakamāmā i te kōranga ka taea hoki te whakauru i ngā pūnaha hono hononga e iti ake ai te nui o te wera, e tiaki ai i te kōranga mai i te maimoatanga wera ka taea ai te pakaru, te whero, te whakarewa rānei. Ahakoa te whakamahinga ki ngā porotiti ringaringa, ki ngā mīhini rautaki rānei, ka whakapūmauia te āhua ake o te kōranga, e āwhina ai i ēnei porotiti hei kaiwhakamahi tino whai hua ki te umanga tukatuka kōranga.