A taping knife is a drywall tool with a paintbrush-style handle and thin, wide blade used for spreading, smoothing, filling gaps and laying tape.
Why is it called a taping knife?
It’s called a taping knife because one of its chief applications is the laying of tape when drywalling.Drywall is another name for plasterboard, and is also known as: wallboard, gypsum board, or gyprock.Drywalling is the process of fitting boards to walls instead of plastering.
