Silicone additives, e pei o mea faʻamalosia, e faʻaaogaina lautele i le tele o faʻalapotopotoga, e aofia ai le fausiaina, eletise, ma mea teuteu. E masani ona fa'apipi'i i ai le silicon-oxygen bond e fai ma ponaivi, fa'atasi ai ma kulupu fa'aletino e fa'apipi'i i filifili i autafa. O lenei fausaga e tuʻuina atu ia i latou ni mea sili ona lelei, e aofia ai le maualuga ma le maualalo o le vevela, faʻamaʻi faʻamaʻi, ma le hydrophobicity. I totonu o fale faufale, faʻapipiʻi silicone e mafai ona faʻaleleia atili ai le teteʻe ma le tumau; i mea teuteu, latou te faʻaleleia le mautu o oloa ma lagona faʻaogaina. GT-300, o se tasi o nei faʻaopoopoga, e le mafai ona suia i nisi faʻaoga ona o ana vailaʻau faʻapitoa ma mea faʻaletino.
