... for whoever designed car carpets? Or is there some well kept secret to cleaning the bloody things that I have missed? It's like hoovering a scratchy cloth. Everything sticks to it - hairs, crumbs , grit. And if they made the crevices just a bit wider we could get to them to clean them out - that is if we could find a way to get the grunge off the carpet . I've tried brushing, rubbing with a damp cloth, sticky tape.