He wāhanga nui ngā pū rapa e whakamahia ana i roto i te whakatārewatanga o te waka me ētahi atu pūnaha hei whakaiti i ngā wiri, te haruru, me te waku. He mea hanga ēnei ki te rapa, ki te polyurethane rānei, ā, kua hangaia hei whakamarumaru i ngā wāhanga e hono ana, e āhei ai te nekehanga whakahaere i waenga i ngā wāhanga me te mimiti i ngā pānga.
1. Te Whakaiti i te Wiri– Ka whakaiti i ngā wiri o te rori me te mīhini hei whakapai ake i te whakamarie o te haerenga.
2. Te Whakaiti Haruru– Ka āwhina ki te mimiti i te haruru hei whakaiti i te haruru o te rori me te miihini e tukuna ana ki te kāpini.
3. Te mimiti ru– Ngā urunga pānga i waenga i ngā wāhanga, inā koa i roto i ngā pūnaha whakatārewatanga.
4. Te Nekehanga Whakahaere– Ka taea te nekeneke iti i waenga i ngā wāhanga hei whakatutuki i ngā huringa o te kawenga me ngā āhuatanga taraiwa.
• Pūnaha Whakatārewatanga– Hei tāpiri i ngā ringa whakahaere, ngā pae poipoi, me ētahi atu wāhanga whakatārewatanga ki te anga.
• Te urungi– I roto i ngā rakau here, ngā pūnaha whatanga-me-pinion, me ngā hononga urungi.
• Te Whakapuru Mīhini– Hei mimiti i ngā wiri o te mīhini, kia kore ai e horapa ki te tinana o te mīhini.
• Tukunga– Hei whakau i te tuku hiko ki tōna wāhi tika me te whakaiti i ngā wiri.
• Te Kounga Eke Kua Whakapaitia– Ka mimiti i ngā hapa o te rori kia maeneene ake ai te taraiwa.
• Te pakari– Ka roa te ora o ngā pū rapa kounga teitei, ā, ka ātete ki te pakaru mai i te nekehanga tonu me te pānga ki ngā āhuatanga rerekē.
• Whai hua te utu– He utu tika te rapa, ā, he ngāwari ki te hanga kia rerekē ngā āhua me ngā rahi mō ngā mahi rerekē.
• Te haruru nui rawa atu, te tangi rānei o te whakatārewatanga, o te urungi rānei
• Te whakahaere kino, te ahua "ngāwari" rānei o te urungi.
• Te pakaru o ngā potae kāore i te ōrite, te hē rānei o te tūnga.
Kei te rapu koe i ngā pū rapa kounga teitei hei whakapai ake i te mahi a tō waka? Kua hangaia ā mātou pū rapa waka hei whakarato i:
• Te Wiri me te Whakaiti Haruru Pai Rawa –Kia māeneene ake te haere, kia marino ake, kia iti ake hoki te haruru me te wiri o te rori.
• Te Pūmautanga Whakarei ake –He mea hanga ki te rapa kounga teitei hei tu atu i ngā āhuatanga tino kino, hei whakarato hoki i te mahi roa.
• Te Taunga Tika me te Tāutanga Māmā –E wātea ana mō te whānuitanga o ngā tauira waka, e whakarite ana i te hototahitanga tino pai me te tāutanga ngāwari.
• Te Whakahaere me te Pūmautanga Pai Ake –Ka arotau i ngā wāhanga whakatārewatanga me te urungi mō te wheako taraiwa tere ake, tere ake hoki.
Whakapā mai ki a mātou i tēnei rā hei matapaki i ō hiahia!