Surface conditioning article and methods of making and using the same

A method of making a surface conditioning article, the method comprising the steps:

• providing a fabric backing having first and second opposed major sides;
• needle tacking a lofty open nonwoven fiber web and the fabric backing, wherein the lofty open nonwoven fiber web comprises entangled fibers, such that some of the entangled fibers extend through the fabric backing from the first side to the second side;
• disposing a mixture of abrasive particles and a curable binder precursor onto the lofty open nonwoven fiber web adjacent to the first major side of the fabric backing;
• at least partially curing the curable binder precursor;
• and
• disposing at least one raised feature in a regular of random pattern on a minor portion of the second major side of the fabric backing of the fabric backing, wherein the entangled fibers extending through the fabric backing have an average diameter, wherein the at least one raised feature has a height of at least 8 times the average diameter, and wherein the at least one raised feature comprises an organic polymer.