Te miro ā-maihi kua whakaritea hei tūtohu anō hoki i te taiao mo te hanganga inuwhenua me te paihere, nā te mahi ake o enei rā ka whakapai ake ngā tikanga mō ngā hau e huringa ana (VOCs), ko te miro ā-maihi kua whai mana iti rahi i roto i te whenua tuhinga. Ko te hanganga o te miro ā-maihi mo te mahi maihi i te wai tonu hei pūtake paihere. Ki te kore e whakamahi i ngā paihere matū e taea ana te tuku atu i ngā hau hē ki te rangi, ka whakamahi te miro ā-maihi i te wai hei whakatika i ngā tae, ngā paihere, me ngā tūtohu kē. Nā tēnei ka noho pai rawa ia hei whakaaturanga whakatipuranga, nā te mea ka tino iti rawa te tukunga ki te huinga hau, me te itinga iti rawa i te hokinga hau i roto i ngā whare tuhinga. Ahakoa te whakamahi i te wai hei paihere, ka taea hoki e te miro ā-maihi mo te mahi maihi te tuku mai o ngā tuhinga pai. Ka tohua ngā tae hei whakamahia kia pai ai te urutetanga o ngā tae, te tirotiro, me te tūmanako ki te maramataka. Ka whakawehewehe rite tonu i ngā tae i roto i te miro ā-maihi kia kitea ai te whakaputa tae pai. Ko ngā paihere i roto i te miro he mea nui ki te hanga i te kiri pai ki runga i te papa. Ka hangaia ki te pai ai te whakapai ki ngā momo papa e rerekē ana, pērā i te kākahu, te kāri, me ētahi momo papa matū. Ahakoa ko te whakahaere i te miro ā-maihi mo te mahi maihi he mea whakahē, kei te rerekē ngā āhuatanga take o te wai i waenganui i ngā paihere matū, pērā i te paepae kuhu e tino nui ana, me ngā āhuatanga kaweata e rerekē ana. E whakapai ana i ēnei take, ka whakamahi ngā tūtohu kē ki roto i te miro ā-maihi. Hei tauira, ka whakamahi ngā humectants ki te whakahaere i te ratitanga, me te whakanoho i te miro kia kaua e ratia ki te maha, e ai ki te whakaae, ka puta ngā take pērā i te kuhu mai o te putiputi i roto i te mahi maihi tuhinga rorohiko, ki te kore e pai ai te ratitanga rite ki runga i te papa. Me te miro ā-maihi mo te mahi maihi, ka hiaia hoki te whakarite i te wai, i te uha, me ētahi atu take taiao. Kua whakaritea te miro kia kaua e puta ai ngā take pērā i te kōpikopiko rānei ko te whakapipi i ngā tuhinga i te wā e huringa ana i te uha. Ka whakauru noa atu ngā tūtohu kē me ngā tūtohu herehere ki roto i te miro kia whakapai ake te whanonga me te whakatipuranga. Ki te whai ake te hunga rere, ka whakapai ake te whanonga o te miro ā-maihi mo te mahi maihi. Ka hanga noa atu ngā hanganga me ngā tūtohu kē kia whakatika i ngā take tawhito o te miro ā-maihi, kia pai ai te whakamahi hei tūtohu whai mana mo te nui o ngā mahi maihi, mai i ngā pakiri ki ngā rīpoata me ngā tuhinga whakapai.