how to repair drywall?
Cindy R., Racine, WI DEAR CINDY: Drywall patching and repair is not a difficult job. In my opinion, this is what I would have an apprentice drywall finisher do for the first week if I were in charge of training. The steps required to repair drywall are few and not too challenging. If I had a dollar for every drywall repair kit I have seen at the various conventions I attend, I would be a very rich man. Many of these drywall repair kits are wonderful, and a few border on genius. I have always liked the one that was a thin perforated piece of aluminum. It had adhesive on one side. You peeled off a layer of protective paper, stuck the metal over the gaping hole making sure the edges of the metal lapped over solid drywall at least one-half inch and you were 80% finished!
