Isanti enemibala ibhekisa kumasuntswana esanti adaywe okanye avela ngokwendalo kwiimibala eyahlukeneyo. Ingafunyanwa kwiiminerali zendalo okanye iveliswe ngokwendalo, nganye ineempawu kunye nokusetyenziswa kwayo okwahlukileyo. Isanti enemibala yendalo idla ngokuvela kwiiminerali ezifana ne-quartz, i-feldspar, kunye ne-mica, ezimbiwa kwiindawo ezifana ne-United States, i-China, i-Brazil, kunye ne-India. Ezi ziminerali zinemibala yendalo ngenxa yezinto ezincinci kunye nokungcola, ukusuka kwi-quartz ebomvu efudumeleyo yesinyithi ukuya kwi-chlorite eluhlaza exutywe nesanti.​

Intlabathi enemibala eyenziweyo, kwelinye icala, idla ngokudalwa ngokugquma isanti yesilika eqhelekileyo ngee-pigment ezingaphiliyo okanye ze-organic. Inkqubo yokuvelisa ibandakanya amanyathelo aliqela achanekileyo. Okokuqala, isanti eluhlaza ihlanjwa kakuhle kwaye ihluzwe ukuze kususwe ukungcola kwaye kufunyanwe ubungakanani obufanayo bee-particle. Emva koko, kusetyenziswa iindlela eziphambili zokuguqula umbala, ezinje ngokudaya i-immersion, ukutshiza, okanye ukutshiza. Umzekelo, ukutshiza umbala kubopha i-pigment kwii-particles zesanti kumaqondo obushushu aphezulu, ukuqinisekisa ukuba umbala uhlala ixesha elide kwaye uxhathise ukutshabalala.​

Iimpawu ezikhethekileyo zesanti enemibala ziyenza ibe yeyona nto ibalulekileyo kumashishini amaninzi. Ekwakhiweni, isetyenziswa kwikhonkrithi yokuhombisa, i-terrazzo, kunye ne-mortar, yongeza imibala eqaqambileyo kunye nomtsalane wobuhle kwizakhiwo, iindlela zabahambi ngeenyawo, kunye neendawo zikawonke-wonke. Umzekelo, kwiindawo zokungcebeleka zodidi oluphezulu, isanti enemibala - ikhonkrithi inokwenza umbono wolwandle olushushu. Ekulungiseni igadi, isebenza njenge-mulch ebamba amehlo, i-gravel yokuhombisa yeendlela, kunye nendawo yokwenza uyilo lwegadi oluntsonkothileyo. Ukuchasana kwayo nemozulu kunye nemitha ye-UV kuqinisekisa ukuba ukufakwa kwangaphandle kugcina imibala yayo ecacileyo ngokuhamba kwexesha.