A method for applying a repair patch to a damaged portion of a tire, the method comprising: removably positioning the patch in a repair position overlapping the damaged portion, the damaged portion including a depressed area and the patch including a protective layer covering a bonding surface, the protective layer comprising a plurality of protective sheets having a fold to form internal and external sheet layers, the plurality of protective sheets arranged to form multiple pairs of protective sheets arranged along the patch whereby the folds for each pair of protective sheets are situated in an abutting arrangement whereby each protective sheet in each pair of protective sheets is arranged opposite the other relative the abutting arrangement of folds such that when pulling each of the protective sheets in the pair, each protective sheet is pulled in a direction away from the other protective sheet of the pair of protective sheets, wherein one or more of the protective sheets is a depression sheet, the one or more depression sheets having a length and a width such that the one or more depression sheets have a collective width that approximates a width of the depressed area within the damaged tire portion; pulling a tab to remove at least one of the one or more protective sheets to uncover at least a portion of the bonding surface while the patch is in the repair position, the tab being associated with an external sheet layer of at least one of the one or more protective sheets, whereby pulling the tab causes the fold of at least one of the one or more protective sheets to translate with the tab; pressing the uncovered bonding surface into contact with the tire. removably positioning the patch in a repair position overlapping the damaged portion, the damaged portion including a depressed area and the patch including a protective layer covering a bonding surface, the protective layer comprising a plurality of protective sheets having a fold to form internal and external sheet layers, the plurality of protective sheets arranged to form multiple pairs of protective sheets arranged along the patch whereby the folds for each pair of protective sheets are situated in an abutting arrangement whereby each protective sheet in each pair of protective sheets is arranged opposite the other relative the abutting arrangement of folds such that when pulling each of the protective sheets in the pair, each protective sheet is pulled in a direction away from the other protective sheet of the pair of protective sheets, wherein one or more of the protective sheets is a depression sheet, the one or more depression sheets having a length and a width such that the one or more depression sheets have a collective width that approximates a width of the depressed area within the damaged tire portion; pulling a tab to remove at least one of the one or more protective sheets to uncover at least a portion of the bonding surface while the patch is in the repair position, the tab being associated with an external sheet layer of at least one of the one or more protective sheets, whereby pulling the tab causes the fold of at least one of the one or more protective sheets to translate with the tab; pressing the uncovered bonding surface into contact with the tire.