Nā kahua noi o nā mea hoʻohui kūikawā i ka ʻoihana mīkini meaʻai:
Hoʻohana nui ʻia nā mea like ʻole i nā mīkini a me nā lako meaʻai. Ma waho aʻe o nā mea metala like ʻole a me nā mea alloy, aia pū kekahi lāʻau, pōhaku, emery, keramika, enamel, aniani, lole a me nā mea synthetic organik like ʻole. He paʻakikī loa nā kūlana ʻenehana o ka hana ʻana i ka meaʻai a he ʻokoʻa nā koi no nā mea. Ma ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā ʻano like ʻole o nā mea hiki iā mākou ke hana i ke koho kūpono a hana i ke koho kūpono e hoʻokō ai i ka hopena hoʻohana maikaʻi a me nā pono waiwai.
I ke kaʻina hana, pili nā mīkini meaʻai a me nā lako me nā ʻano media like ʻole ma lalo o nā kūlana like ʻole. I mea e pale ai i ka haumia ʻana o ka meaʻai i loko o kēia mau pilina a hōʻoia i ka hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia nā lako no ka manawa lōʻihi, nui ka nānā ʻana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea mīkini meaʻai. No ka mea, pili ia i ka palekana o ka meaʻai a me ke olakino o kānaka.
Nā mea hoʻohui kūikawā i hoʻohana pinepine ʻia i ka ʻoihana meaʻai:
Kila kila: 316LN, 317L, 317LMN, 254SMO, 904L, a pēlā aku
Nā mea hoʻohuihui i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka nikala: Incoloy800HT, Incoloy825, Nickel 201, N6, Nickel 200, a pēlā aku
Mea hoʻohuihui pale ʻino: Incoloy 800H