ʻO ke alapiʻi kelepona kekahi o nā mea i hoʻohana nui ʻia i nā hale ʻoihana a me nā hale kīwila.Loaʻa iā ia nā mea maikaʻi o ke kaumaha māmā, ka ukana nui, ke ʻano nani, ke ʻano maʻalahi a me ka hoʻonohonoho maʻalahi.He kūpono ia no ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ke kaula uila ikaika o ke anawaena liʻiliʻi a me ke kau ʻana o ke kaula uila nāwaliwali.I loko o ka papahana, ʻelua ala o ka waiho ʻana i ka pā me ka uhi ʻole a i ʻole.ʻO ka pā me ka uhi ʻole he hana hoʻopau wela maikaʻi, akā maʻalahi ke hāʻule i ka lepo, a paʻakikī ke hoʻomaʻemaʻe.Hoʻohana maʻamau ia ma nā wahi lepo lepo ʻole a i ʻole ka lepo, i ʻole e hoʻohana ʻia ka pā me kahi uhi.Penei nā loina koho pā:
A: Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ka pā no ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā uwea mana maʻamau a me nā kaula kamaʻilio, akā ʻaʻole ʻae ʻia ka pā me ka uhi ʻole e waiho ʻia ma ke kaupaku a i ʻole ke kau ʻana o ke kaupaku;B;750°C, 1.5 h uwea refractory hiki ke uwea me ka uhi uhi, (pono e hanaia ka pahu pahu me na mea pale ahi.)