Hoʻokumu ʻia nā ala ʻōpala ʻo Crafts e ke kila kila, ka uea kila a me ka ʻōpala ma o ka vulcanization.
ʻO ke kumu kila nā ʻāpana nui e hoʻokau i ke kaomi o ka mīkini. Hana ʻia ma ke kala ʻana. A ma mua o ka vulcanization, e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia ka ʻili o ke kila me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana a me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe kani ultrasonic, a laila e hoʻopili ʻia lākou i ke kāpili kūikawā e ʻike pono e pili pū lākou me ka ʻōpala. Hāʻawi nā uea kila i ka ʻāʻī e mālama mau i ke ala ʻōpala i ka lōʻihi i ʻōlelo ʻia, i ʻike ʻia ʻaʻole e ʻōlima ʻia ke ala ʻōpala ma muli o ka hana lōʻihi a i ʻole kekahi kumu ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka ʻōpala no ke ala ʻōpala ka mea nui loa. Hoʻopili pololei ka maikaʻi o ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka maikaʻi o ka track rubber. Hana ʻia kā mākou ʻōpala mai ka ʻōpala maoli, a hui pū ʻia me ka lāʻau synthetic a me kā mākou hana kūikawā, i mea e hōʻoia ai i ka paʻa, ikaika a paʻakikī. I kēia manawa, ʻaneʻane like ka ʻenehana hana ʻana i nā pads me nā ala hao, ʻo ke kumu kila a me ke uea kila wale nō ke pani ʻia e ka pā kila. No laila, ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi, ikaika a paʻakikī hoʻi kā mākou mau pad. ʻO kā mākou mau kaʻa kaʻa a me kā mākou mau pad rubber ka lōʻihi o ka lawelawe ʻana a me ke kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe e kōkua iā ʻoe e lawe i ke kālā haʻahaʻa e hoʻopau i nā hana hou aʻe.
Kapa ʻia ke ala ʻōpala i kekahi manawa he kolo kolo a kapa ʻia ka papa ʻōpala i kekahi manawa. Hoʻohana nui ʻia lākou ma nā mea ʻeli liʻiliʻi a me waena, nā mea hoʻokele skid, a me kekahi mau mīkini mahiʻai a me nā mīkini hana. Aia ma kahi o 30 mau ʻano laula no nā ala hao, akā naʻe, no ka like ʻole o ka pitch a me ka helu loulou, he mau haneli ka nui o nā ala hao. ʻO ka hapa nui o ka manawa hiki iā mākou ke heluhelu i ke ʻano o ke ala ʻōpala e like me ka mīkini a me ke ʻano hoʻohālike, akā naʻe, no kekahi mīkini kūikawā, pono mākou i kāu kōkua e ana a hōʻoia i ka nui o ka track rubber. No nā pads, ʻokoʻa loa ke kūlana, pono mākou e ana mua ʻoe i kāu pā kila kila, a laila hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i ka nui kūpono o nā pā hao no ʻoe e like me kāu mau ana. No nā kikoʻī hou aku, e ʻoluʻolu e kelepona mai iā mākou.