Ko te kapia waikawa maleic he korikori marama kowhai maramara maramara totoka, he mea hanga ma te taapiri i te rosin para hei rauemi mata me te anhydride maleic, katahi ka whakamaarama ki te pentaerythritol. Wairewa i roto i te waro whakarewa waro, hākawa, hinu huawhenua, turpentine, engari karekau ki te waipiro. He marama te tae o te kapia, he kaha te parenga marama, ehara i te mea ngawari ki te kowhai, he pai te hototahi ki te nitrocellulose. Ko te kiriata peita i whiwhi he kaha kaha, he maeneene hoki i muri i te whakamaroketanga, ka tino pai ake te kaha o te mata me te kanapa o te peita. I tua atu, he pai te aukati wai me te whakaora hinu tung. He mea tino pai mo te hanga i te tohu whakamaroke tere ma.