ʻO nā tile uhi metala i uhi ʻia i ka pōhaku he mea hana uhi hou, i hoʻokumu ʻia ma ka papa Al-Zn kūpaʻa kiʻekiʻe, ka resin acrylic wai ʻole kiʻekiʻe e like me ke kāpili, ke kiʻekiʻe o ka wā o nā ʻāpana pōhaku maoli a i ʻole nā ​​​​​​pigments kala inorganic no ka hoʻoluʻu ʻana i ka maka pōhaku maoli, ʻo ia kekahi o nā huahana ʻenehana kiʻekiʻe hana, paʻakikī, aloha i ke kaiapuni. ʻAʻole wale nā ​​​​​​tile i uhi ʻia i ka pōhaku i loaʻa nā waiwai hoʻonaninani kūlohelohe, hohonu a maikaʻi loa o ka tile lepo kuʻuna, akā he māmā, ikaika, a paʻa hoʻi ka hana o ka tile metala hou. ʻO ia ke ʻano nui o nā mea uhi hale holomua honua o kēia manawa. He kūpono ka tile uhi metala i uhi ʻia i ka pōhaku no ka papahana pali o ka hale me nā ʻano like ʻole a me nā ʻano o ka hale (lāʻau, kila, sima), pili pū kekahi i ka pālahalaha o ka hale mua i ka pitched, ka hale kahiko a me nā mea hoʻonaninani hale, a me nā papahana kūloko ʻē aʻe. Hoʻohana ia i nā mea kaiapuni, me ka ʻole o ka hōʻeha i nā kānaka a me ke kaiapuni.