Pulasitiki ya thovu ndi imodzi mwazinthu zazikulu kwambiri zopangidwa ndi polyurethane, zomwe zimakhala ndi porosity, chifukwa chake kuchuluka kwake kumakhala kochepa, ndipo mphamvu yake ndiyapamwamba. Malinga ndi zipangizo zosiyanasiyana zopangira ndi chilinganizo, zikhoza kupangidwa kukhala zofewa, theka-okhwima ndi okhwima polyurethane thovu pulasitiki etc.
Chithovu cha PU chimagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri, pafupifupi kulowerera m'magulu onse azachuma, makamaka mipando, zofunda, mayendedwe, kuzizira, zomangamanga, kutchinjiriza ndi ntchito zina zambiri.