Acquisitions (Details) SFr in Millions, $ in Millions						3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 10, 2016 USD ($)	Feb. 19, 2016 CHF (SFr)	Feb. 19, 2016 USD ($)	Apr. 01, 2015 USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2014 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Feb. 19, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Acquisitions
Aggregate cash purchase price, net of cash acquired								$ 103.1	$ 577.8
Recognized amounts of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed:
Goodwill								1,156.0			$ 1,134.4
Micro-Coax
Acquisitions
Percentage of ownership interest acquired	100.00%
Aggregate cash purchase price, net of cash acquired	$ 95.8
Cash acquired in business combination	1.5
Payment of working capital settlement	0.8
Micro-Coax | Preliminary Allocation
Acquisitions
Total consideration transferred	97.3
Goodwill deductible for tax purpose	20.1
Recognized amounts of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed:
Cash and cash equivalents	1.5
Receivables	6.3
Inventories	8.6
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	0.4
Property, plant and equipment	30.0
Definite-lived intangible assets	31.5
Indefinite-lived intangible assets	2.0
Other long-term assets	1.0
Accounts payable	(1.7)
Accrued expenses	(2.4)
Total identifiable net assets	77.2
Goodwill	20.1
Micro-Coax | Preliminary Allocation | Trade names
Recognized amounts of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed:
Indefinite-lived intangible assets	2.0
Micro-Coax | Preliminary Allocation | Customer relationships
Recognized amounts of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed:
Definite-lived intangible assets	20.0
Micro-Coax | Preliminary Allocation | Acquired Technology
Recognized amounts of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed:
Definite-lived intangible assets	10.0
Micro-Coax | Preliminary Allocation | Non-compete agreement
Recognized amounts of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed:
Definite-lived intangible assets	$ 1.5
Finishing Brands
Acquisitions
Percentage of ownership interest acquired				100.00%
Aggregate cash purchase price, net of cash acquired				$ 598.9
Cash acquired in business combination				12.2
Total consideration transferred						$ 611.1
Business combination gross receivables				60.0
Receivables not expected to be collected				1.5
Goodwill deductible for tax purpose				132.9
Deferred tax liability related to intangible assets				28.2
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information [Abstract]
Net sales							$ 984.6		1,755.1
Income from continuing operations							$ 102.0		$ 148.2
Recognized amounts of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed:
Cash and cash equivalents						12.2
Receivables						58.5
Inventories						43.1
Prepaid expenses and other current assets						6.2
Property, plant and equipment						40.8
Definite-lived intangible assets						216.0
Indefinite-lived intangible assets						125.0
Deferred income tax assets						0.7
Other long-term assets						3.5
Line of credit						(1.4)
Accounts payable						(16.3)
Income tax payable						(2.0)
Accrued expenses						(15.6)
Deferred income tax liabilities						(28.2)
Other long-term liabilities						(6.3)
Total identifiable net assets						436.2
Goodwill						174.9
Finishing Brands | Other long-term assets
Acquisitions
Indemnification asset				3.0
Finishing Brands | Trade names
Recognized amounts of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed:
Indefinite-lived intangible assets				$ 125.0
Finishing Brands | Customer relationships
Acquisitions
Useful life of finite lived intangible assets				15 years
Recognized amounts of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed:
Definite-lived intangible assets				$ 186.0
Finishing Brands | Acquired Technology
Recognized amounts of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed:
Definite-lived intangible assets				$ 30.0
Finishing Brands | Acquired Technology | Minimum
Acquisitions
Useful life of finite lived intangible assets				5 years
Finishing Brands | Acquired Technology | Maximum
Acquisitions
Useful life of finite lived intangible assets				8 years
Finishing Brands | Preliminary Allocation
Acquisitions
Total consideration transferred				$ 610.6
Recognized amounts of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed:
Cash and cash equivalents				12.2
Receivables				57.3
Inventories				40.9
Prepaid expenses and other current assets				6.4
Property, plant and equipment				41.0
Definite-lived intangible assets				216.0
Indefinite-lived intangible assets				125.0
Deferred income tax assets				1.9
Other long-term assets				3.8
Line of credit				(1.4)
Accounts payable				(16.3)
Income tax payable				(1.9)
Accrued expenses				(15.6)
Deferred income tax liabilities				(28.8)
Other long-term liabilities				(5.6)
Total identifiable net assets				434.9
Goodwill				$ 175.7
Finishing Brands | Adjustment
Acquisitions
Total consideration transferred						0.5
Recognized amounts of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed:
Receivables						1.2
Inventories						2.2
Prepaid expenses and other current assets						(0.2)
Property, plant and equipment						(0.2)
Deferred income tax assets						(1.2)
Other long-term assets						(0.3)
Income tax payable						(0.1)
Deferred income tax liabilities						0.6
Other long-term liabilities						(0.7)
Total identifiable net assets						1.3
Goodwill						$ (0.8)
LHi Technology
Acquisitions
Percentage of ownership interest acquired					100.00%
Aggregate cash purchase price, net of cash acquired					$ 194.0
Cash acquired in business combination					6.7
LHi Technology | Other long-term assets
Acquisitions
Indemnification asset					$ 8.7
MS
Acquisitions
Percentage of ownership interest acquired		100.00%								100.00%
Total consideration transferred		SFr 12.3	$ 12.4
Contingent consideration		SFr 4.3								$ 4.3
Recognized amounts of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed:
Definite-lived intangible assets										8.5
Indefinite-lived intangible assets										3.6
Deferred income tax liabilities										(2.3)
Goodwill										2.3
MS | Customer relationships
Acquisitions
Useful life of finite lived intangible assets		10 years	10 years
Recognized amounts of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed:
Definite-lived intangible assets										1.2
MS | Acquired Technology
Acquisitions
Useful life of finite lived intangible assets		7 years	7 years
Recognized amounts of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed:
Definite-lived intangible assets										$ 7.3
Carlisle Fluid Technologies
Recognized amounts of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed:
Goodwill								$ 174.5			$ 173.4