He taputapu e mau ana te potae kaukau i te mahunga i te wā e kaukau ana. Ko ngā rauemi he mea hanga ki ngā kakahu (pēnei i te nairona, te miro pīwariwari) me te silicone, te rapa rānei. Mā te mau i te potae kaukau ka ārai i te kukume o te makawe roa ki roto i te mīhini raro wai i te wā e mahi ana i raro wai, ka whakaiti i te ātete i te wā e kaukau ana, ka noho maroke te makawe, ā, ka ārai i te pa o te makawe ki ngā iona hauota i roto i te wai. Kia mahana tō mahunga.

He taputapu taketake, he atawhai hoki te mau i te pōtae kaukau i te wā e kaukau ana. Hei ārai i te wiri taringa, hei tiaki hoki i te mahunga, hei ārai hoki i te mākū o te makawe i roto i te wai kōkōwai. Ka taea e ia te tiaki i te makawe, me te whakaiti i te pānga o te wai puna kaukau ki te makawe. Hei ārai i te kino o te makawe, ka taea te whakaiti i te ātete, kia tere ake ai te kaukau. Whakamahia ngā ringa e rua ki te hora i te pōtae kaukau, kātahi ka mau mai i te tihi o te mahunga ki raro. Kaua e tautokona ki ō maikuku - kia kore ai e whati. Kaua hoki e whakamahi i te pōtae kaukau hei pupuri i te wai i roto i te puna kaukau, ā, whakatairitea kia kite ko wai te mea nui ake. Mā tēnei ka taea e koe te tiki pōtae kaukau hou i te wā e tata mai nei.
Tuatahi: Ki te roa te wā e rumakina ana te makawe ki te wai puna kaukau kei roto he patu huakita, ka ngawari te pakaru o te kiriuhi ngawari, ka memeha haere te makawe kua taehia, ka ngawari te huri kowhai o te makawe mangu noa, ā, i ētahi wā ka ngaro te makawe. Me whai potae kaukau silicone hei wehe i te wai puna kaukau mai i te kiriuhi. Heoi, he ngoikore te tiaki o ngā potae kaukau spandex noa mō te kiriuhi.
Tuarua: Ki te whakamahi koe i te whakangawari makawe, i te hinu rānei i muri i te horoi makawe, ka taea te hanga he kiriata tiaki i waenganui i te makawe me te wai o te puna kaukau, ā, ka tāpirihia he potae kaukau silicone, he parenga paparua.
Tuatoru: Whakamākūkūhia te makawe i mua i te urunga ki te wai, kātahi ka mau i te pōtae. He māmā ake te kohikohi i ngā makawe ki roto i te pōtae, ā, ka taea hoki e ia te whakanui ake i te waku i waenganui i te pōtae me te pōtae.
Tuawhā: He ātete wai ake ngā potae kaukau silicone kounga pai, ā, he piri ake pea te mau, engari he ngāwari ake te uru o ngā potae kaukau silicone kounga iti ahakoa he ngāwari ake te mau. Inaa, ki te mea ka mākū noa te makawe i te wai i roto i te rūma kaukau, kāore he kino ki te tumuaki, nō reira kaua e manukanuka. Hei tāpiri, ka taea hoki e te wai ma te waimeha te wai o te puna kaukau, nō reira me mākū ō makawe i mua i te haere ki te wai, kātahi ka mau i te pōtae.