The Composition of Drywall and Joint Compound
Drywall—the familiar panels of white rocklike material covered with paper and used in nearly all wall surfaces—was invented in 1916 by the Gypsum company as a cheap and easy replacement for troweled plaster wall forms of the product, known as plasterboard, were manufactured as early as 1888 in Kent, England, but it was the Gypsum company that created .