Intlabathi yokuhombisa enemibala, eyaziwa ngokuba yintlabathi enemibala, yinto eguquguqukayo nenomtsalane esetyenziswa kakhulu ekuhombiseni igadi, ukuhombisa ngaphakathi, kunye nobuchule bobugcisa. Yenziwe ngeeminerali zendalo ezifana negranite okanye imabula, intlabathi enemibala yendalo igcina imibala yayo eqaqambileyo ngaphandle kokuphela, inika enye indlela eqinileyo neyobuhlobo nendalo endaweni yeepigment ezenziweyo.

Ifumaneka ngemibala eyahlukeneyo kuquka obomvu, otyheli, oluhlaza, omhlophe, omnyama, kunye nokunye, isanti enemibala ehombisayo inokulungiswa ukuze ihambelane nayo nayiphi na imixholo yoyilo okanye ukhetho lobuhle. Ubuhle bayo bendalo kunye nokuthungwa kwayo kongeza umtsalane okhethekileyo kwiindawo zangaphandle ezifana neegadi kunye neendlela, nto leyo ephucula ukubonakala kwayo ngokubanzi.

Ngaphakathi, isanti enemibala isetyenziswa ekudaleni imigangatho emihle yokuhombisa, iindonga, kunye nokufakelwa kobugcisa. Xa idityaniswe ne-epoxy resin, yenza umphezulu oqinileyo nolula ukuwucoca, ofanelekileyo kwiindawo zokuhlala kunye nezorhwebo. Isiphumo kukuba umgangatho ongenamthungo, oqinileyo ofana nelitye lendalo okanye ithayile kodwa ngombala owongezelelweyo kunye nobume.

Ngaphezu koko, isanti yokuhombisa enemibala ikwasetyenziswa ekudalweni kwezinto zobugcisa, ezifana nemizobo nemifanekiso eqingqiweyo, apho yongeza ubunzulu, ubume, kunye nokuqaqamba. Ukusetyenziswa kwayo kusasazeka kwiinkcubeko namaxesha embali, ukusuka kwimikhwa yokuhombisa yamandulo ukuya kwiindlela zobugcisa zanamhlanje.