Patent ID: 8021505

Claim:
A method for repairing damaged drywall, comprising: providing a quantity of wet settable wallboard joint compound sealed between front-facing and rear-facing wrapper halves, said front-facing wrapper being a transparent waterproof microporous breathable flexible sheet; providing a self-adhesive dry patch affixed to the outside of the front-facing wrapper; removing the dry patch from the front-facing wrapper and applying the patch over a damaged area of wallboard to prevent the compound from entering the damaged area; removing the front-facing wrapper from the rear-facing wrapper exposing the joint compound; applying the joint compound directly over the patch and not into the damaged area; smoothing said joint compound by applying pressure to the front-facing wrapper until the joint compound is evenly distributed over the patch; observing through the front-facing wrapper the drying of the joint compound; and removing the front-facing wrapper after observing that the compound has dried.