![]() ![]() Rockers are usually not finishers and vice versa. Rockers hang the drywall, finishers finish it. It is also called the white coat (from the color of lime plaster which is whiter than gray or brown gypsum plaster under it), especially by old-time plasterers and may also be called the color coat because chemical tints were often added to the lime plaster to give the wall its final color.įinisher A person who tapes and finishes gypsum drywall. The final (finish) coat is usually hydrated lime plaster or a blend of gypsum and lime plaster because lime plaster works to a smoother finish than the stronger but coarser, gypsum plaster. It is applied to the second or "brown" coat and is finished to a smooth surface ready for paint or wallpaper. Also see: Sheetrock.įinish Coat: The final coat of a three-coat plaster wall or ceiling system. The brown coat is no longer brown in color but the name persists from the days when the hydrated lime second coat was darker than the final or white coat.ĭrywall: The most common name for gypsum drywall. It is typically about 3/8" thick.Īny unevenness left in the scratch coat is removed by the brown coat which leaves a flat, level surface for the final or "finish" coat. The brown coat is the leveling coat applied over the first or "scratch" coat of gypsum plaster. Other manufacturers adopted the color scheme.īrown Coat: The second coat of a three-coat plaster wall or ceiling system. Gypsum originally colored its plasterboard blue to distinguish it from its other gypsum board products. In your locality, there may be slight variations.īlueboard or Blue board: A term commonly used in the construction trades to mean plasterboard. Here is some common plaster and drywall terminology as used in the Mid-West. Like all fields in the building trades, plastering and drywall have their own peculiar terminology. ![]() A Glossary of Plaster & Drywall Terminology ![]()
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