ʻO ka mīkini papahele papahele he ʻano mea hana i hoʻohana ʻia no ka hana ʻana i ka papahele papahele. Hoʻohana ʻo ia i nā ʻāpana metala i nā huahana decking papahele me nā ʻano kikoʻī a me nā nui ma o ke kaʻina hana ʻōwili anuanu. Hiki i ka mīkini ke hoʻopau maikaʻi i nā kaʻina hana e like me ka curling, ka hana ʻana, ka ʻoki ʻana a me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā pā metala, a hoʻohana nui ʻia i nā hale papahele, nā ʻōnaehana hale a me nā papahana paving honua ma ke kahua kūkulu. Loaʻa i ka mīkini papahele papahele nā hiʻohiʻona o ka automation kiʻekiʻe, ka hana kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe, a me ka maikaʻi o ka huahana paʻa. Hiki iā ia ke hoʻokō i ka hana ʻana o ka papahele papahele me nā kikoʻī like ʻole a me nā koi, e hāʻawi ana i kahi ʻāpana metala hilinaʻi no ka ʻoihana kūkulu.