Abrasives experts Mirka have announced that their most popular paper backed abrasives are getting a boost in performance that increases their efficiency, lifetime and dust extraction capabilities, through the introduction of a new hole configuration.

The company says that good dust extraction translates into more productivity in the workshop. Less clogging of the abrasive surface not only increases speed and durability, it improves the quality of the surface finish and this is one of the latest developments in Mirka’s surface finishing solutions according to CEO Stefan Sjöberg. He says, "No matter what surface you are working with and what tools you like to use, our ambition is always to enable you to achieve the best possible finish.” He adds, "Our aim for the past two decades has been to provide a safe working environment with as little dust as possible, primarily accomplished by Mirka’s net products, power tools and dust extraction systems. Now Mirka has focused on further improving the properties also of paperbacked abrasives, to provide the full benefit to the user of our end-to-end system and application knowledge.”

For Gold and Q. Silver Ace abrasives, Mirka has developed multi-hole patterns with superior dust extraction. This means greater efficiency, improved finish quality and a longer lifetime compared to traditional paper abrasives and other multi hole patterns on the market.

Gold and Q. Silver Ace 150 mm (6”) discs are now available with the new patterns, which have 37 holes for coarser grits and 121 holes for finer grits. These are now available from Mirka stockists.