Minurphy Tarpaulin
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Custom manufacturing: tell us what you need

30 years of cutting, welding, stitching, and eyeletting custom covers. If you can describe it, we can probably build it. Get a quote.

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Factory floor with Minurphy staff cutting PVC to custom spec
Close-up of pattern-cutting in factory
RF welder sealing PVC seam
Finished custom cover ready for dispatch
The detail

Most of what we make does not fit a catalogue. A tractor seat cover with a zip flap. A stage canvas for a weekend festival. A cover for a conveyor belt at a cement plant. A bespoke dome for a film set. A one-off product prototype for a designer.

Send what you have

Photos, a rough sketch on a napkin, a voice note. We work with whatever you send. Thirty years in, we can usually read between the lines and quote within a day.

For complex jobs, we send back a written spec with dimensions, materials, and fixings before you commit. You sign off, we build.

No minimum

One custom cover or a hundred. Same factory, same quality. We have made a single Velcro patch cover for R150 and 2000-unit runs for retail chains. Both get the same care.

Prototyping for product designers

We work with SA product designers and OEMs on prototype and small-batch manufacturing. Send us a concept or a 3D render, we pattern it, build a sample, iterate, then run volume. Sample costs are typically refunded against volume orders.

NDA work is routine. Send your standard NDA, we sign before pattern-making.

Construction methods

  • RF welding — PVC, sealed seam, no stitch holes
  • Hot-air welding — PVC and coated fabrics, industrial scale
  • Double-needle stitch — canvas and heavy fabric, water-resistant
  • Eyelets — brass or galvanised, 500 mm spacing standard
  • Zips, Velcro, drawcords, buckles — all fitted to spec
  • Printing and applique — branded or colour-coded output

Who we build for

Product designers, film and TV production, music festivals, sports clubs, schools, government departments, national retailers, mines, construction contractors, OEMs, koi breeders, restaurants, hospitals, and a few thousand individual clients with a one-off job.

If you are not sure whether we can help, just ask. No obligation, no hard sell, 30 years of experience on the other end of a WhatsApp.

The Process

How we build
your custom.

Every cover runs through the same four-step process. No middlemen, no imported shortcuts. You talk to the people who cut and weld your order.

  1. 01
    You send the brief

    Voice note, sketch, photo, or exact dimensions. Whatever is quickest for you.

  2. 02
    We quote same day

    A written spec, ZAR price, and lead time, usually within a business day.

  3. 03
    We build to order

    Cut, welded, stitched, and eyeletted at our Redhill factory in KZN.

  4. 04
    We ship SA-wide

    Courier or collection. KZN, Gauteng, Western Cape, and beyond.

Common questions

Frequently
asked.

Questions we answer most days on the factory floor. If yours is not here, just ask.

Ask on WhatsApp
  • Yes. Send us photos, a rough sketch, or a voice note describing the problem. We have been doing this for 30 years, we will tell you what works and what will fail. A 15-minute WhatsApp saves a wasted order.

Ready to spec it?

Send your dimensions.
Same-day quote.