Upfu hweTalcum, hunotorwa kubva mu mineral talc, chinhu chine upfu hwakatsetseka chinozivikanwa nekupfava kwahwo uye magadzirirwo akapfava. Hune mashandisirwo akasiyana-siyana mumaindasitiri akasiyana-siyana nekuda kwehunhu hwahwo hwakasiyana. Muzvizoro, upfu hwetalcum hunoshandiswa zvakanyanya muupfu hwevana, hupfu hwechiso, uye hupfu hwemuviri kuti hutore hunyoro, kuderedza kukweshana, uye kupa kunzwa kwekutonhorera paganda.

Uyezve, upfu hwetalcum hunoshandiswa muindasitiri yemishonga sekuzadza uye mafuta mumapiritsi nemakapisi, zvichivandudza maitiro avo ekugadzira. Muindasitiri yerabha nemapurasitiki, inoshanda semushonga unosimbisa uye inobatsira kuvandudza kugara kwenguva refu uye kuchinjika kwezvigadzirwa. Pamusoro pezvo, upfu hwetalcum hunoshandiswa muindasitiri yependi nependi kuti huwedzere kutsetseka uye kufanana kwekupera.

Kushandiswa kwayo kwakasiyana-siyana uye mashandisirwo akasiyana-siyana kunoita kuti upfu hwetalcum huve chinhu chakakosha mumaindasitiri akasiyana-siyana, zvichibatsira mukugadzirwa kwezvigadzirwa zvakasiyana-siyana.