ʻO ka mea maka o nā mīkina lima latex he latex maoli i loaʻa mai ka kohu lāʻau lāʻau, ʻaʻole ia wale nō ka launa ʻana i ke kaiapuni akā loaʻa pū kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona o ka elasticity maikaʻi a me ka biodegradability.
ʻO nā mea lāʻau lapaʻau, kahi e pale ai i nā mea holoi hale, ka wai, a me ka lepo.Hoʻolālāʻia nā mīkina lima e kūpono i ka nui o nā lima, e hāʻawi ana i kahiʻoluʻolu, palekana no nā hola lōʻihi o ka hoʻomaʻemaʻeʻana i nā hana.Inā ʻoe e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ana i ka lumi kuke, ka lumi ʻauʻau, a i ʻole ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā hana paʻakikī o waho, ʻo nā mīkina lima home latex he mea pono no nā mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe hale.E hoʻāʻo iā lākou i kēia lā a ʻike i nā pōmaikaʻi o nā mīkina lima hale paʻa a paʻa.