From: "Jimmy Galvin" 
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house alt.home.repair alt.building.construction
Subject: Re: How to repair screw holes in drywall?
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 07:24:56 -0400

If you are going to do more of this don't pull the screw out. That just
pulls the paper back and causes the problem you are having now. Just give
the screw a light tap with your hammer to put the screw head below the
surface of the paper and then compound. To repair the pulled paper just tap
the area with the but end of your knife to depress it a little and compound.
"ississauga"  wrote in message
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> I attached the drywall panels using screws but some screws didn't find
> their target so I had to remove them. Removing them created holes with
> a bump on the perimeter of the hole. To explain it another way, the
> drywall sheet's paper is indented away from the drywall board creating
> a bump. so while I can fill it with drywall compound but the bumps
> make it not smooth. Is there a tool or technique to fix this ?