When it comes to painting, it’s important to choose the right roller cover. That’s because the roller cover can make or break the job. Wooster Brush Company offers a lineup of top-tier roller covers—Microplush, Microfiber, Pro/Doo-Z, Pro/Doo-Z FTP, Super Doo-Z, Super Fab, and Super Fab FTP—each with unique strengths and fabrics (knit or woven) designed for specific situations. Whether you’re a DIYer refreshing a room or a contractor tackling a big project, this guide breaks down the benefits and best uses for each, making it easy for you to choose the right roller cover for your next project. Let’s dive in!
Wooster Micro Plush: The Spray-Like Finish Master
- Fabric Type: Woven
- Strengths & Benefits: Wooster’s Micro Plush uses a white microfiber woven fabric that delivers a near-spray-like finish—smooth, flawless, and professional. It’s shed-resistant, holds paint well, and releases it evenly, making it the perfect choice for high-gloss or fast-drying paints, high quality paints. Its fine fibers minimize stipple, and are packed densely, making it easy to achieve that smooth, spray-like finish.
- Best For: Doors, trim, and cabinets where a smooth finish is key. Perfect for gloss paints or low-VOC, high solids enamels on smooth surfaces—think furniture or kitchen cabinetry. Pre-wet it for even better release!
Wooster Micro Fiber: The High-Capacity All-Rounder
- Fabric Type: Woven
- Strengths & Benefits: Wooster’s Micro Fiber roller, made from woven European microfiber, is a high-capacity champ. It holds a ton of paint, reduces spatter, and lays down a fine finish with minimal lint. It’s versatile across eggshell, satin, and semi-gloss paints, maintaining shape better than polyester alternatives.
- Best For: Walls and large surfaces with eggshell or satin finishes. Ideal for DIYers painting a bedroom or pros covering new drywall—skip it for high solids products like Benjamin Moore’s Aura and Regal Select, though. The Micro Fiber covers might leave you struggling to apply high quality, high solids paints evenly.
Wooster Pro/Doo-Z: The Reliable Workhorse
- Fabric Type: Woven
- Strengths & Benefits: With its high-density woven polyester fabric and golden pinstripe, Pro/Doo-Z is built for smooth, lint-free finishes. It resists matting, handles all paints (flats to epoxies), and pairs with a tough polypropylene core that withstands water and solvents. It’s a contractor favorite for consistent coverage.
- Best For: General wall and ceiling jobs. Great for new drywall or any surface needing a dependable, no-fuss finish—your go-to for everyday painting.
Wooster Pro/Doo-Z FTP: The Modern Paint Specialis
- Fabric Type: Woven
- Strengths & Benefits: The FTP (For Today’s Paints) version upgrades the Pro/Doo-Z with HydroFlow technology for controlled paint release. This shed-resistant woven cover excels with modern, high quality high-solids paints like Benjamin Moore’s Aura and Regal Select just to name a couple. These products are thicker and dry quickly, which means standard rollers might not pick up enough paint, may release it unevenly, or leave streaks if the flow isn’t just right. The controlled release in FTP covers solves this by ensuring the roller picks up an optimal amount of paint and distributes it evenly onto the surface. This avoids overloading (where paint drips or spatters) or under-delivering (where you get patchy coverage and have to reload constantly).
- Best For: Walls and ceilings with modern paints—flat, eggshell, satin, or gloss. Perfect for pros or DIYers using tricky coatings where efficiency and a flawless finish matter.
Wooster Super Doo-Z: The Economical Smooth Operator
- Fabric Type: Woven
- Strengths & Benefits: The Super Doo-Z is an economy cover, meaning it doesn’t offer the top tier benefits the Pro/Doo-z offers, nor the controlled release that Pro/Doo-Z FTP rollers bring. However, the Super Doo-z covers still offer a shed-resistant woven fabric, and are capable of delivering smooth finishes and solid paint capacity. They’re tough, reusable, and are a reliable choice for DIYers looking for a good quality cover at a savings.
- Best For: Walls and smooth surfaces with flat, eggshell, or satin paints. A great pick for DIYers painting living rooms or contractors needing a steady performer for standard jobs.
Wooster Super Fab: The Rough Surface Powerhouse
- Fabric Type: Knit
- Strengths & Benefits: Super Fab’s knit fabric is shed-resistant yet loose enough to hold heaps of paint—ideal for semi-rough surfaces. It’s durable, applies flats and satins with ease, and tackles texture without breaking a sweat, though it might leave a slight stipple.
- Best For: Textured walls, stucco, or ceilings with flat paints. Perfect for exterior jobs or interior spaces with orange peel texture—your heavy-duty coverage king.
Wooster Super Fab FTP: The High-Production Hero
- Fabric Type: Knit
- Strengths & Benefits: Super Fab FTP adds HydroFlow technology to the knit Super Fab, boosting paint release control for faster, easier application. It holds massive amounts of paint, retains bounce-back, and excels with today’s paints on rougher surfaces—less dipping, more rolling!
- Best For: Large-scale textured surfaces like stucco or popcorn ceilings with flat or satin paints. Contractors love it for big exterior projects or DIYers covering imperfect walls fast.
Knit vs. Woven: Quick Recap
- Knit (Super Fab, Super Fab FTP): These hold more paint for rough textures—think stucco or ceilings—but might shed slightly. Use them where coverage trumps smoothness.
- Woven (Microplush, Microfiber, Pro/Doo-Z, Pro/Doo-Z FTP, Super Doo-Z): Tight and lint-free, they’re your pick for smooth finishes on walls, trim, or cabinets with higher sheens.
Final Tips
It’s important to choose the right roller cover by matching your roller your paint and surface: knit for texture and volume, woven for finesse. Nap height matters too—3/8-inch for smooth walls, ½-inch or more for rough stuff. Experiment with these Wooster options, and you’ll find your perfect fit. And remember, every RepcoLite Paints location is ready to help you select the right cover for your project!