He ara rapa kounga teitei te mea hanga mai i ngā matū rapa maori katoa kua konatunatua ki ngā mea hangai tino pakari. Mā te nui o te pango waro ka ātete ake ngā ara kounga teitei ki te wera me te pakaru, ka roa ake te ora o ngā ara kounga teitei ina whakamahia ana i runga i ngā mata pakari. Ka whakamahia hoki e ā mātou ara kounga teitei ngā taura maitai kua takaihia tonutia ki roto i te tinana matotoru hei hanga kaha me te pakari. Hei tāpiri, ka pania ā mātou taura maitai ki te rapa kua takaihia ki te vulcanization hei āwhina i te tiaki i a rātou mai i ngā pakaru hohonu me te makuku ka taea te waikura mēnā kāore i tiakina.

Me pēhea te whakaū i te rahi o te ara rapa whakakapinga:

Hei whakarite kia whiwhi koe i te mea e tika anaara whakakapinga mō te keri iti, me mōhio koe ki ngā mōhiohio e whai ake nei. Te waitohu, te tauira, me te tau o te waka Te Rahi o te Ara Rapa =Whānui x Tau o ngā Hononga(e whakaahuatia ana i raro nei) Te Rahi o te Pūnaha Arataki = Raro Arataki o Waho x Raro Arataki o Roto x Teitei o te Tūru o Roto (e whakaahuatia ana i raro nei)

Ko te tikanga, he tānga kei roto i te ara me ngā mōhiohio mō tōna rahi. Ki te kore e kitea e koe te tohu mō te rahi, ka taea e koe te tiki i tētahi whakatau tata mā te piri ki te paerewa ahumahi me te whai i ngā mahi kua whakahuatia i raro nei:

• Inehia te teitei o te koki, arā, te tawhiti mai i waenganui ki waenganui i ngā pūmau taraiwa, ki ngā mirimita.
• Inehia tōna whānui i roto i ngā mirimita.
• Tatauhia te tapeke o ngā hononga, e mōhiotia ana ko ngā niho, ko ngā pūmau taraiwa rānei, i roto i tō mīhini.
• Ko te tauira paerewa ahumahi hei ine i te rahi ko:
  Rahi Ara Rapa = Teitei (mm) x Whānui (mm) x Tau o ngā Hononga