ʻO ke kila kila he metala ikaika loa a hiki ke kū i ka ʻaʻahu o kēlā me kēia lā a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā metala maʻamau i hoʻohana ʻia i nā mea nani. Paʻa paha nā lei kila kila i ko lākou ʻano kumu no ke ola a pau. ʻO ka koho maikaʻi loa inā makemake ʻoe e hoʻohana e koho i kekahi mau mea nani ma ke kumukūʻai hoʻokūkū. ʻO kahi hiʻohiʻona e hoʻopau ai i ke kila kila ʻo ia ka papa ʻike ʻole o ka chrome a me ka oxide i hana ʻia e pale i ka papa luna o ke kila. ʻO kēia ka mea e pale ai i ka corrosion a no laila paʻa a kūpaʻa i ka discoloration a me ka oxidation.
No ka mea, ʻaʻole i uhi ʻia ke kila kila, ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻeleʻele a ʻili paha i ka manawa. No laila, ʻaʻohe nīnau i hāpai ʻia e pili ana i kona lōʻihi a me kona ʻālohilohi. ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ke kila kila ma muli o kona paʻi kālā e like me kahi ʻāpana o nā mea metala makamae.