ʻO ka lipine wai wai ʻo Butyl kahi ʻano o ke ola ola ʻole-hoʻopaʻa paʻa ponoʻī hoʻopaʻa wai i hana ʻia me ka butyl rubber ma ke ʻano he kumu kumu, me nā mea hoʻohui a me nā mea polymer i koho ʻia ma o ka ʻenehana holomua. Loaʻa iā ia ka ikaika adhesion maikaʻi loa a me ke kūpaʻa maikaʻi o ka wā, ke kūpaʻa ʻelemakule a me ka pale wai. Loaʻa iā ia nā hana o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana, ka damping a me ka pale ʻana i ka ʻili o ka mea hoʻopili. ʻAʻole hiki ke hoʻoheheʻe ʻia ka huahana, no laila ʻaʻole ia e emi a hoʻokuʻu paha i nā kinoea ʻawaʻawa. No ka mea, ʻaʻole ia e paʻa no ke ola, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hahai ʻana i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka wela a me ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana o ka ʻili o ka adheend a me ka mechanical deformation. He mea hoʻopaʻa wai kiʻekiʻe loa ia. ʻO ka tape butyl, a i ʻole ka butyl tape, he mea ia i hoʻohana ʻia i ka wai ʻole, hoʻomaʻemaʻe a me ka sila.