Ko te karaihe whakamatautau he hua kounga teitei e hangaia ana kia tuku i te whai wāhi pono, me te ū ki te mutunga o te mata, nō reira he tōkī tāone mō ngā take e herea ana i te āhua o te mata. Kaua ko ngā karaihe anō hoki, kei te whai wāhi tonu ngā tikanga whanaketanga kia ū ai te rahi o te paraihe, te rahi tika o te paraihe, me te whakapai ake i te hononga o ngā korotete ki te papanga. Ko te nuinga o ngā kaupapa nei ka hua mai i te karaihe e āwhina ana i te āhua o te mata, ka iti ai te hiahia ki te whakarewa anō, ka ū ai te mutunga ki ngā here matua. Kei te waingohia e te karaihe whakamatautau he tauwā rahi o ngā rahi paraihe, mai i te iti ki te tino iti (ka timata mai pea i te 120 grit ā-kei te 2000 grit, neke atu rānei), e āwhina ana i te whakahaere tino mata, mai i te whakauru i ngā ngoikera iti, ki te eke atu ki te āhua o te mata. Ko ngā papanga e whakamahia ana he kounga teitei, pērā i te kakahu pakari, kaua ko te pepa kotukutuku, he whakarato i te tōtika i te wā e whakamahia ana, ā, e āwhina ana i te totohu tika, kia kaua ai te paraihe kore-tōtika. Ka whakamahia tēnei momo karaihe i ngā umanga pērā i te whanaketanga hiko, i reira e whakamahia ana hei whakapai i ngā wae tapawhā kaua ko te whara; te whai taonga, mō te whakapai ake i ngā mata taro ki te whakapapa; me te whanaketanga o ngā taputapu māmā, i reira he matua nui te āhua o te mata mō te nekehanga o te whaitua. Ka whakamahia hoki i te motuka, ina muru ana i ngā takotoranga whakamutunga o te tōpuni, kia noho kaua ko ngā ngoikera i mua i te whakaputanga ake o ngā takotoranga. I tua atu, ko te karaihe whakamatautau he whakamahia tūmatanui ki te rapu rakau mō te whakamahinga i ngā tāone matua, i reira ka whakapai ake i te āhua ake o te mata o te rakau. Ko ngā kaihono hou e whakamahia ana kia kaua ko ngā korotete e wehe ai i te wā e whakamahia ana, he mea nui tēnei kia kaua ko te whai mātau ki te tuumomo—e nui ake ana ina wātea ana ki ngā taiao horoi, ina mahi ana ki ngā taputapu māmā. Ko te karaihe whakamatautau he taputapu whakapono ki ngā umanga e nui ana te kounga, te pono, me te ū.