Ukuhlanjwa kwesanti yindlela yokwenza isilika ebandakanya amanyathelo amathathu: ukugalela isanti, ukuyihlamba, kunye nokuqaba iqabaka. Inyathelo lokukhenkca liphucula ukuthamba kwelaphu kunye nombala walo, lidala inkangeleko emhlophe efana neqabaka kumphezulu ethi icace ngakumbi xa isetyenziswa kunye nokuhlanjwa.
Ngokusekwe kwisiphumo, ukuhlanjwa kwesanti kungahlelwa kukukhanya, okuphakathi, kunye nokuhlamba kwesanti enzima.
Ukuhlamba isanti kuyafana nokuhlamba rhoqo kodwa kubandakanya izongezo ezahlukeneyo, ngokuqhelekileyo ialkaline okanye i-oxidizing agents, kunye nezinye izinto ezithambisayo. Ii-alkaline agents zisetyenziselwa ukwaphula ubume bomphezulu welaphu, zenza imicu eqinileyo yantlandlolo ibethambile ngenxa yokhukuliseko olukhulu. Le nkqubo iphumela kwilaphu elithambileyo xa lilonke elinobuthongo obuncinci kunye nenkungu emhlophe.
Emva kokuhlamba isanti, ilaphu liba lithambile kwaye libe lukhuni ngokugqitywa kwe-matte, linike inkohliso yokunyuka kobunzima. Nangona kunjalo, le nkqubo inokwenza ukuba ilaphu lithande ukukrazuka, ngakumbi ngezinto ezincinci. Ngoko ke, akukhuthazwa ukuba uhlambe amalaphu alula ngesanti. Ukujonga i-silk ehlanjwe isanti, kuyacetyiswa ukuba usebenzise isilikhi kunye nobunzima be-19 momme okanye ngaphezulu.
Isilika ehlanjwe ngesanti inenkangeleko yakudala, egugileyo, nto leyo eyenza ukuba idume phakathi kwabaqulunqi abathanda ubuhle be-retro.
Ukuba unomdla kwisilika ehlanjwe isanti, qhagamshelana nathi ngolwazi oluthe kratya kunye neesampuli.