The recent introduction of the SEA-TROSY experiment (Pellecchia et al. (2001) J. Am. Chem. Soc., 123, 4633-4634) can alleviate the problem of resonance overlap in 15N/2H labeled proteins. This method selectively observes solvent exposed amide protons with a SEA element. However, SEA-TROSY spectra may be contaminated with exchange-relayed NOE contributions from fast exchanging hydroxyl or amine protons and longitudinal relaxation contributions. Furthermore, for non-deuterated proteins or protein-ligand complexes, SEA-TROSY spectra may contain NOE contributions from aliphatic protons. In this communication, a modified version of the SEA element, a Clean SEA element, is introduced to eliminate these artifacts.