to a calendering process where the fiber batt is subjected to high temperatures above the melting point of the polymer material from which the fiber is made and an immediate cool down compression in the calender nip can also be used after the calendering the fibers of the fibrous batt are flattened and glazed with very small pores voids holes and almost zero permeability to air creating what will be the anti rewet barrier of the finished press fabric the energy applied and the pressure in the calender nip are controlled such that only the upper most surface of the fibrous batt is fused or the entire batt present at this stage is fused after completing the calendering processs a hydrophilic treatment or coating is applied to the barrier layer subsequently additional layers of batt material in the form of staple fibers is applied and needled into the press fabric on top of this anti rewet layer batt can also be applied to the backside of the base support structure of the press fabric 0028 fig1 shows the press fabric 10 of the present invention base layer 12 is shown as a woven fabric and can be formed by any means known to the skilled artisan fibrous batt 14 is attached to the base layer by needling fibrous batt 14 is in actuality constructed of a plurality of carded layers of batt staple fiber which has been needled to the base fabric within the interior of the fibrous batt 14 fibrous barrier layer 16 is formed this layer is formed by the above noted technique i e by calendering fibrous batt 14 a hydrophilic treatment such as a hydrophilic coating or treatment 18 may optionally be applied to the fused barrier layer.