System and method for perforating paint-roller cover fabric

A method for using a perforated fabric in a manufacturing process, comprising:

• winding an inner strip and an outer strip about a mandrel in offset relation;
• applying an adhesive between a portion of the outer strip and a perforated paint roller cover fabric, having a backing layer, a fiber layer, and a plurality of perforations through at least the backing layer, the plurality of perforations being sized to allow adhesive to flow through the backing layer, while winding the perforated paint roller cover fabric about the outer strip, thereby allowing the adhesive to flow into and to fill the plurality of perforations, thereby forming a paint roller tube;
• applying compression to the paint roller tube;
• and,
• cutting the paint roller tube into lengths.

A method for using a perforated fabric in a paint roller manufacturing process, comprising:

• using a fabric-coating applicator to form a coated fabric by applying a fabric adhesive onto a portion of a perforated paint roller cover fabric material having a backing layer, a fiber layer, and a plurality of perforations through at least the backing layer, the plurality of perforations being sized to allow adhesive to flow through the backing layer, thereby yielding a coated fabric without perforations;
• winding an inner strip and an outer strip about a mandrel in offset relation;
• applying an adhesive between the outer strip and the coated fabric while winding the coated fabric material about the outer strip thereby forming the paint roller tube;
• applying compression to the paint roller tube;
• and,
• cutting the paint roller tube into like lengths.