Gutatanya ni ifu itandukanye ikwirakwira mu buryo bworoshye, binyuze mu ihame runaka ryo kwanga kwishyurwa cyangwa ingaruka za polymer steric inzitizi, kuburyo ubwoko bwose bwibikomeye bihagarara neza cyane muguhagarika (cyangwa gutatanya) .Ibice bitandukanye ni ubwoko bwimikorere ihuza abantu hamwe na Ibinyuranye na oleophilique na hydrophilique muri molekile.Bishobora gukwirakwiza kimwe ibice bikomeye kandi byamazi byingingo ngengabuzima n’ibinyabuzima bigoye gushonga mumazi.
Ikwirakwizwa ry’amazi meza cyane kandi ryangiza ibidukikije ntirishobora gutwikwa kandi ntirishobora kwangirika, kandi rishobora gushonga bitagira ingano n’amazi, kutangirika muri Ethanol, acetone, benzene n’ibindi bivangwa n’ibinyabuzima.Bifite ingaruka nziza zo gukwirakwiza kaolin, dioxyde ya titanium, calcium karubone, barium sulfate, ifu ya talcum, okiside ya zinc, icyuma cya okiside yumuhondo nizindi pigment, kandi irakwiriye no gukwirakwiza pigment ivanze.