I heard this item worked well for getting cat and dog hair out of carpets and it would be good for stuff like car detailing and so on. It does actually work quite well for this application, with a few caveats. First, don’t use it on thin carpets – it’s like a really rough sandpaper block (lava rock) and it can easily put a hole in thin carpet. With that being said, also be careful around any plastic areas in a car because it will scratch them up if you aren’t careful with it. However, on thick carpeted areas, it works really well pulling up embedded hair and works wonders when combined with a good vacuum. Because it is kind of like a rough sandpaper/lava rock type material, it does shed little sandy type bits, but those are easily vacuumed up.