Originally Posted by airfoill

I need to ask the forum if there is a way to get clean the original carpet as seen on the staining left behind from the floor mats. What happened is that during the years, the backing off the floor mats has come off and has embedded itself into the original car's floor carpets. I have always vacuumed the floor mats in place and never removing them until recently and found this mess. The padding off the floor mats have come off and left a type of sticky mess that won't vacuum off. Is there a way to remove this mess without harming the carpets. The car is a 1987 300SDL.

Thanks

Herb