Worn off parchment parts of the puppets are replaced by patches of new parchment, but of the same thickness as the original. Parchment used for the restoration of Chinese puppets is dyed on either side with dyestuff because these puppets are and should remain transparent. The binding medium for these dyes is an alcoholic liquid of egg white, ox gall, and sugar. Damaged Indonesian puppets, which are, as a rule, coated with tempera paint and therefore impervious, are restored by fixing the cracked paint layer with diluted egg white followed by burnishing with a hot spatula. On the other hand crumbling paint is sprayed with diluted starch size and pressed flat.