Maleic acid utomoni ndi wosakhazikika kuwala wachikasu mandala flake olimba, amene amapangidwa powonjezera woyengedwa rosin monga zopangira ndi maleic anhydride, ndiyeno esterifying ndi pentaerythritol. Kusungunuka mu malasha char solvents, esters, masamba mafuta, turpentine, koma osasungunuka mu mowa. Utoto umakhala wopepuka, umalimbana ndi kuwala kolimba, sikophweka kukhala wachikasu, ndipo umagwirizana bwino ndi nitrocellulose. Filimu ya penti yomwe yapezedwa imakhala ndi mphamvu zolimba ndipo imakhala yosalala pambuyo poyanika, yomwe imatha kupititsa patsogolo mphamvu ya pamwamba ndi gloss ya utoto. Kuphatikiza apo, imakhala ndi madzi abwino kwambiri ndipo imatha kupulumutsa mafuta a tung. Ndizinthu zabwino zopangira enamel yoyera mwachangu.
