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Paul Laplante, time saver for the renovator (06/04)

Paul Laplante, renovator and businessman, was putting up drywall and completing the job by taping the joints when he thought to himself “There must be an easier way to do this.

Paul Laplante, renovator and businessman, was putting up drywall and completing the job by taping the joints when he thought to himself “There must be an easier way to do this.” He took a common scraper and made grooves on the edges of it, which saved time when applying the tape. A patent has been approved and prototypes are now being manufactured in Hong Kong.