A polyurethane finish coating and a PU-cement screed are not interchangeable. Start with what the floor must survive.
Choose a PU coating when the finish must manage appearance, abrasion or UV exposure. Review a PU-cement screed when the floor itself must carry wet processing, heavier traffic and demanding cleaning or chemical conditions.
This distinction prevents a finish coating from being specified where a heavier floor build is required.
Thin-film polyurethane used as the wearing finish in a compatible coating system.
Polyurethane-cement screed selected as a more substantial floor build for demanding service.
Choose the operating condition. The page will carry that context into your enquiry.
Start with an aliphatic UraForce finish, then resolve drainage, traffic, texture and the compatible build beneath it.
Water-based UraForce routes support selected lower-odour programmes, but isolation, ventilation and substrate preparation still matter.
PurScreed PC70 is the relevant Rayson route where the prepared floor faces repeated wet service and heavier chemical or traffic duty.
These are system routes, not universal specifications. The substrate and exposure decide the final build-up.
The PU layer protects a compatible prepared system beneath it. Review preparation and intercoat requirements before programming.
See the epoxy build beneathWet-process performance also depends on coves, drains, falls, joints and the condition of the concrete—not the field area alone.
Review the screed decisionProduct pages explain the role; PDF technical data sheets carry the published application and performance information.
Confirm the complete system, preparation, compatibility and return-to-service programme against every selected TDS before work begins.
A useful price starts with the condition of the floor and the operation around it.
Concrete condition, contamination, moisture indicators, repairs and existing coating.
Traffic, sunlight, water, cleaning, temperature and chemical exposure.
Access, ventilation, isolation, detailing and the shutdown window available.
The two resins usually work together rather than compete.
UV-stable colour, flexibility and abrasion resistance — the wearing face of the system, and the layer sunlight and traffic actually touch.
Economical build, hardness and adhesion — the structural thickness beneath the finish. See epoxy flooring systems.
A third class entirely: trowel-applied screeds for hot wash-down, chemistry and thermal shock. See PU screed flooring.
Publicly advertised Singapore resin-floor figures reviewed in August 2026 ranged from roughly $10 to over $150 per m²—because they describe different systems and scopes.
| Cost driver | Why it moves the number |
|---|---|
| Applied thickness | A PU finish coat is a few tenths of a millimetre; a PU-cement screed is 1.5–9 mm of trowel-applied material. The dominant variable, and the one most often left out of an advertised rate. |
| Supply-only or installed | Material supply and a complete installed system are different scopes. Confirm whether labour, supervision, testing and reopening are included. |
| Preparation and repairs | Grinding, crack repair and removing a failed floor are often excluded from headline rates. They must be identified before two quotations can be compared fairly. |
| Area and access | Fixed mobilisation makes small areas far dearer per m²; overnight or phased work around a live operation costs more than a clear handover. |
That market range is not a Rayson quotation. A rate without a stated thickness and preparation scope is a headline, not a price. Rayson manufactures the materials rather than installing them, so we can state material coverage exactly from each product's TDS—use the coverage calculator to check any quote's material allowance. Read the full PU flooring cost guide or request a system recommendation.
Send photos, approximate area, current condition, indoor or outdoor exposure, traffic, cleaning or chemicals, and your shutdown window.
Answer four questions about your surface and conditions to shortlist suitable Rayson systems.
Find your systemEstimate material quantities from your floor area, coats and coverage rate.
Estimate quantitiesOpen technical data sheets for every Rayson product — no forms, no gating.
Open the libraryA PU coating is a thin finish layer selected for properties such as colour retention, abrasion resistance and, for suitable aliphatic grades, UV exposure. PU-cement combines polyurethane resin, cement and fillers into a heavier-duty screed. They are different materials with different system roles.
PU-cement is commonly considered where prepared concrete faces repeated wet processing, chemical exposure, heavier traffic or demanding cleaning conditions. The actual product, thickness and detailing still need to be checked against the published TDS and the project exposure.
A compatible polyurethane finish can form the wearing layer over a prepared epoxy build-up. Compatibility, intercoat preparation and recoat timing must follow the selected products’ technical data sheets.
An aliphatic polyurethane finish is the usual starting point where colour and appearance are exposed to UV. Drainage, waterproofing requirements, traffic, texture and the substrate condition still determine the full system.
Water-based PU finishes can support lower-odour work in selected occupied-building programmes. Ventilation, isolation, substrate preparation and the published application conditions remain part of the plan.
Published Singapore rates for resin flooring range from under $10 to over $150 per square metre, so no single figure is a useful answer. The number is driven mainly by applied thickness — a thin PU finish coat versus a 1.5–9 mm PU-cement screed — and by what the price includes: supply-only or installed, and whether preparation, repairs and removal of an existing floor are inside it. A meaningful quotation needs surface photos and project conditions rather than area alone.
PU stands for polyurethane. In Singapore the term covers two different things: thin polyurethane finish coatings used as the wearing or UV-stable layer of a coating system, and polyurethane-cement (PU-cement) screeds — heavier trowel-applied floors for wet processing and industrial duty. Confirm which material class a quote refers to before comparing prices.
Epoxy is usually the structural body of a resin floor — economical build, hardness and adhesion. Polyurethane is usually the finish — UV-stable colour, flexibility and abrasion resistance. Many Singapore floors use both: an epoxy build coat under a PU topcoat. PU-cement screeds are a third, heavier class for hot wash-down and chemical duty.
Selected PU systems suit landed-home duties: an aliphatic PU finish keeps its colour under direct sun on porches and decks, and water-based PU routes support lower-odour indoor work. The build beneath the finish still depends on the substrate and exposure, so share photos and the intended use for a practical recommendation.
Only after the existing coating has been assessed for adhesion, compatibility and condition. Unsound or contaminated layers may need removal; a sound compatible coating may still require mechanical preparation before recoating.
Return-to-service time depends on the selected product system, temperature, ventilation, thickness and intended traffic or chemical duty. Programme against the relevant TDS rather than a generic PU flooring claim.
Send wide and close-up surface photos, approximate area, current condition, indoor or outdoor exposure, traffic, cleaning or chemical exposure and the shutdown window available.
Tell us your surface, area and timeline — our Singapore technical team will recommend a practical system and price it fast.
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Answers from Rayson's own product information
Guidance only — confirm specifications with the Rayson technical team.