Made-to-measure 16oz Cotton Canvas Tarps

 Cotton Canvas Tarps

High grade 16oz cotton canvas is the best natural grade cotton canvas available to buy. It is a natural material which is both water-proof and breathable, making it the ideal material for covering hot tarmac or asphalt. Cotton canvas is made from 100% cotton and is used to cover tarmac because of its excellent heat retention characteristics and its ability to withstand exposure to very hot surface temperatures.

Cotton canvas contains no man-made or artificial fibre component so therefore it does not melt, distort or degrade with exposure to high temperatures in excess of 120oC. Due to the nature of the working environment with constant abrasion from stone and heavy plant machinery, cotton canvas undergoes an understandable degree of wear and tear and the lifespan of a well used canvas cover is typically 12-16 months.Tarmac and asphalt canvas covers have traditionally been made from heavy-grade 16oz cotton canvas. Lighter grades of canvas are not recommended due to the abrasive environment.

For contractors involved in road re-surfacing, getting tarmac and asphalt from plant to the point of use without significant cooling is critical. Up and down the roads and motorways of Britain and Ireland, thousands of lorries carry tens of thousands of tonnes of asphalt and tarmac every day. Maintaining the quality of our road networks is crucial to our economy and quality of life. For as long as anyone can remember, the easiest and most effective way to keep the 'black stuff' from cooling has been to throw a large cotton canvas directly on top of the asphalt or tarmac in the lorry's tipper immediately after loading under the quarry plant mixer. The heavy canvas tarpaulin is then prevented coming off in transit with 6mm polypropylene rope which is looped through a series of brass eyelets, usually located every 4ft (or 1.2m) along the edge of the tarpaulin

The modern alternative to the natural canvas asphalt cover is the semi-automatic tipper rollover cover, made of 900gsm industrial PVC canvas which can be rolled back conveniently by the driver operator from ground level without the need to climb up on the tipper body.