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Flexible Foam Backing
The soft foam backing conforms to curves and contours for smooth, even sanding
Clog-Resistant
Delivers consistent results, even with low dust extraction, ensuring a smooth, uniform surface
Long Lifetime
Precision coating and specialized grains optimize performance while ensuring a long lifetime on demanding surfaces
Iridium™ Soft Flexible Sanding Pads
The Supercar of Abrasives
Iridium Soft™ offers the speed and cleanliness of dry sanding but with a precision previously only achieved by wet sanding.
This premium foam abrasive pad is already the top abrasive choice for exclusive car manufacturers, OEMs and repair shops across the world.
Designed to handle intricate curves and detailed finishes with ease, Iridium Soft delivers unmatched results, making it the ultimate solution for professionals.
Applications
Collision Repair
Primer sanding
Clear coat sanding
Pre polishing sanding
Applications
Industrial Manufacturing (AOEM)
Primer sanding
Clear coat sanding
Fewer Sanding Steps
The scratch pattern achieved with Iridium Soft is so fine and consistent that it allows you to reduce the number of sanding steps required to achieve a superior finish.
20% Faster
Rigorous tests show that Iridium Soft provides over twenty percent faster sanding than other market-leading sandpapers designed for the same purpose.
Fail-Safe Sanding
Iridium Soft’s foam construction spreads sanding pressure evenly, making it easier to get effective and smooth sanding without burn-through on thin coatings and primer layers.
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Designed for Bodywork
By utilizing a three-part design with a backing of flexible foam, Mirka has created an abrasive that surpasses previous options for the dry sanding of automotive finishes.
Sanding cars and their components requires significant precision to achieve a smooth and even finish. With Iridium Soft you can feel the foam abrasive follow every line, curve and angle of the surface. This flexibility of the foam sanding disc is integral to Iridium Soft's longevity and performance, distinguishing it from traditional abrasives.
Try it. You will notice the difference and see the results.
Full Range of Mirka Iridium™
Find the Right Abrasive for Your Sander
Iridium is a premium abrasive for universal sanding. Perfected for speed and efficiency, it prevents clogging and reduces pilling. It practically repels dust and lifetime is increased due to the grains staying sharp for longer.
With Iridium you can achieve dustless sanding, thanks to the optimised multihole patterns for discs and strips. Iridium delivers amazing results on both soft and hard surfaces, making it the ideal abrasive choice for professionals in any industry.
Questions and Answers
What sandpaper is used on cars?
Automotive sandpaper is typically aluminium oxide, silicon carbide, or ceramic-based. The type of sandpaper used on cars depends on the stage of the refinishing process.
Coarse grits (40–180) remove paint and rust and shape body filler. Medium grits (220–600) smooth primer and prepare surfaces for paint. Fine grits (800–1500) refine clear coat imperfections and smooth paint layers. Ultra-fine grits (2000–5000) are used to remove defects before polishing.
Sanding with ultra-fine grits typically involves wet sanding; however, Iridium Soft is notable for being a dry sanding abrasive that excels in precision sanding at ultra-fine grit sizes (up to P2000).
Which is better, wet or dry sanding?
The choice of wet or dry sanding usually depends on what you are sanding or which stage in the surface finishing process you are in.
Wet sanding is often preferred for achieving a smooth, high-quality finish, especially on paint or automotive surfaces. It reduces dust and prevents sandpaper clogging, but requires more cleaning because of the water that is used.
Dry sanding, on the other hand, is faster and better for removing material quickly, for example when you are shaping metal or preparing surfaces for further treatment.
With Iridium Soft, you get the best of both worlds: fast, dust-free dry sanding with a fine precision grit.
What are foam sanding pads used for?
Foam sanding pads are excellent for getting into tight spaces, curves, and details that other types of abrasives can't reach or sand as smoothly.
The soft foam distributes pressure evenly, preventing excessive material removal and burn-through on thin layers of primer or clear coat.
Iridium Soft’s flexible foam base conforms to curves and contours for smooth, even sanding, making it the ideal abrasive for sanding car bodies. The featured Multifit dust extraction system also helps keep the surface cleaner and improves visibility during sanding.
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