Masileti achilengedwe ndi chinthu cholimba kwambiri chovala molimba ndipo ndi chokongola kwambiri kuposa zoumba zoumba koma mtengo wake ndi wocheperapo poyerekeza ndi mwala wamba wa nsangalabwi, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti matailo a slate akhale chinthu choyenera kutchingira khoma.
Pansi pa slate ndi makoma a slate amakhala ndi katchulidwe kake kachilengedwe chifukwa cha "zovuta" komanso mawonekedwe awo.Kuyika pansi kwa slate kumagwiritsidwa ntchito nthawi zambiri kukhitchini, bafa, patio ndi malo osambira pomwe makoma a slate akuwonekera kwambiri mkati ndi kunja.
Monga m'modzi mwa ogulitsa slate zachilengedwe, timapereka zosankha zazikulu zamitundu ndi zomaliza.Mitundu yotchuka ya slate ku North America imaphatikizapo rustic yellow, imvi, zobiriwira, zabuluu ndi zakuda.Kusiyanasiyana kwamitundu kumakhalapo ndi pafupifupi matailosi onse, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti slate pansi kapena khoma la slate likhale lokongola kwambiri.
Pali zomaliza zingapo zomwe zilipo kwa matailosi a slate.Slate yolemekezeka ndi slate yopunthwa ndi zosankha zotchuka.Pansi pa matayala a slate nthawi zambiri amalemekezedwa kuti akhale athyathyathya pomwe mawonekedwe ake nthawi zambiri amakhala ong'ambika, kuwonetsa kugawanika kwake kwachilengedwe komanso movutikira, m'mphepete mwake ndikugwa.Zotsatira zake, pakhoza kukhala kusiyana kwa 1/4" kutalika kwa matailosi a slate.