Abstract: The method of manufacturing a predecorated gypsum wallboard face paper wherein a protective base coat is applied on the face paper by a rotogravure printing of the protective coat with minute openings very closely spaced throughout the coating, as by printing the coat in the form of reasonably uniformly sized tiny dots with about 1000 to about 100,000 dots per square inch, and a decorative coat is applied over the base coat.

Abstract: A predecorated gypsum wallboard and the method of manufacture wherein a protective base coat is applied on the face paper by a rotogravure printing of the protective coat with minute openings very closely spaced throughout the coating, as by printing the coat in the form of reasonably uniformly sized tiny dots with about 1000 to about 100,000 dots per square inch, a decorative coat is applied over the base coat, gypsum wallboard is formed with the coated surface of the paper on the outside face, and the newly formed wallboard, when hardened, is dried by heating and removing water from the gypsum core through the still porous coated paper.

Abstract: A predecorated gypsum wallboard and the method of manufacture wherein a protective base coat is applied on the face paper by a rotogravure printing of the protective coat with minute openings very closely spaced throughout the coating, as by printing the coat in the form of reasonably uniformly sized tiny dots with about 1000 to about 100,000 dots per square inch, a decorative coat is applied over the base coat, gypsum wallboard is formed with the coated surface of the paper on the outside face, and the newly formed wallboard, when hardened, is dried by heating and removing water from the gypsum core through the still porous coated paper.

Abstract: A paper-covered gypsum core wallboard made of a cover paper having on the inner surface a synthetic size of the class consisting of certain substituted succinic acid anhydrides, certain substituted glutaric acid anhydrides and the reaction product of maleic anhydride and an internal olefin, which reduces the absorption by the paper of components of the wet gypsum slurry, without affecting substantially the paper porosity, and, of prime importance, without any deleterious effect on the bond of the paper to the gypsum core, either prior to the drying of the board or after the drying of the board.

Abstract: A paper-covered gypsum core wallboard made of a cover paper having on the inner surface a synthetic size of the class consisting of certain substituted succinic acid anhydrides, certain substituted glutaric acid anhydrides and the reaction product of maleic anhydride and an internal olefin, which reduces the absorption by the paper of components of the wet gypsum slurry, without affecting substantially the paper porosity, and, of prime importance, without any deleterious effect on the bond of the paper to the gypsum core, either prior to the drying of the board or after the drying of the board.