Ko te waikawa acetic parakore kore wai (waikawa acetic hukapapa) he wai kore tae, he wai hihiko, ko tōna pāmahana tio he 16.6°C (62°F). Ina totoka, ka puta he tioata kore tae. Ahakoa e whakarōpūtia ana hei waikawa ngoikore i runga i tōna kaha ki te wehe i roto i ngā wairewa wai, he waikura te waikawa acetic, ā, ka taea e ōna kohu te whakapataritari i ngā kanohi me te ihu.

Hei waikawa carboxylic māmā, he matū nui te waikawa acetic glacial. E whakamahia ana hoki i roto i te hanga o te cellulose acetate mō te kiriata whakaahua, te polyvinyl acetate mō ngā piri rakau, me te maha o ngā muka me ngā papanga hangai.

He maha ngā tau e kaweake ana te waikawa acetic hukapapa. Kei te wātea ngā raraunga, ā, he hekenga utu mō ngā rahinga nui. Pāwhiri ki konei hei tiki tauira kore utu.