Surface cleaning removes dirt and stray media build-up to reveal the drawing beneath, and is important for the continued preservation of an object as well as to gain valuable information about an object that may be hidden. This wove paper cartoon for St. Mary’s Church in Ajmer, India, BIB#163925, had an inscription that had previously been completely obscured by a tick layer of grime, the right in this image has been cleaned, while the left still needs to be cleaned.