How A Thermofused Roller Cover Is Built

Glued Covers And Their Weak Point

The traditional way to build a cover is to wrap fabric around a core and hold it with adhesive. It works, and it is cheap, but it leaves a seam of adhesive between the backing and the core.

Solvent attacks that seam. So does hot water. A glued cover that is washed out and reused often starts to lift at the ends, and once it lifts, pile ends up in the paint.

What Thermofusing Does Differently

Thermofusing heats the fabric backing and the core so they bond directly. There is no adhesive layer, so there is no seam for solvent or hot water to attack.

The practical result is a cover that survives being cleaned and used again, which is what a decorator expects from anything above the entry price point.

• No adhesive layer between backing and core
• Better resistance to solvent and to hot water cleaning
• Fewer end lifts, so less pile in the wet film
• More consistent behaviour across a production run

The Four Production Stages

Every cover in the thermofused part of our range goes through the same four stages, which is what keeps a mixed pallet consistent.

How To Check It In A Sample

You do not need a laboratory to sanity check a thermofused cover. Two minutes with a sample tells you most of what you need.

• Look into the end of the core for a visible adhesive line
• Try to lift the backing at the end with a thumbnail
• Wash a sample out and reuse it before you approve it
• Compare pile density against the sample you signed, not against a photograph