Key Features
Overview
The Mirka 1355-220 Soft Sanding Pad is a one-sided sanding sponge designed for fine hand sanding and finish prep. This is a soft sanding pad designed for smoothing surfaces by hand on wood, paint, metal, fiberglass, coatings, and composite materials. Model Number: 1355-220. If you need a hand sanding solution that can follow slight curves and edges better than a hard block, this is the kind of pad that earns its spot in the truck or the shop.
What matters here is the balance between control and surface finish. The P220 grit puts this pad in the fine-sanding range, so it makes sense for cleanup between coats, light surface refinement, and prep before finishing steps where a rougher grit would leave too much scratch pattern behind. Because it is a soft pad rather than a rigid sanding block, it is better at riding over minor contours and keeping more even contact on shaped parts.
Mirka lists this as a one-sided sanding sponge in a 115 mm x 140 mm format, which comes out to roughly 4.5 x 5.5 inches. That size is easy to hold and gives you enough face area to work flat sections efficiently without feeling oversized in your hand. The slim 0.1875 inch thickness also helps the pad stay flexible, which is useful when you are feathering paint edges, sanding profiles, or working around corners and details.
The abrasive material is silicon carbide, which is a good fit when you want a sharp-cutting abrasive for finish work across different materials. That broad material range is one of the real selling points with this Mirka hand sanding pad. Instead of keeping separate specialty pads around for every small touch-up job, this one is built to handle wood, painted surfaces, metal, fiberglass, coatings, and composites, and it can be used for both wet sanding and dry sanding.
On the practical side, wet-or-dry capability gives you more options depending on the material and the finish you are chasing. Wet sanding can help reduce dust and keep the scratch pattern more controlled on certain finishing tasks, while dry sanding keeps setup simple for quick prep work. That flexibility makes the pad useful for bodywork touch-ups, painted trim, woodworking finish prep, and general surface correction where a power sander would be overkill.
This Mirka sanding sponge is best suited for painters, auto body techs, woodworkers, finish carpenters, and serious DIY users who do detail sanding by hand and care about surface quality. If your work involves profiles, edges, light contour work, or final prep before primer, paint, or topcoat, a soft sanding pad like this is usually the smarter choice than forcing a sheet of paper around the job and hoping it stays flat.
Better Control on Contours and Edges
A soft sanding pad gives you more feel in your hand than a hard block, especially when the surface is not perfectly flat. That makes it easier to smooth edges, shaped pieces, and transitions without putting too much pressure in one spot.
- Soft one-sided pad design for hand sanding control
- 115 mm x 140 mm size is easy to grip and move around tight areas
- 0.1875 inch thickness keeps the pad flexible for detail work
Fine Grit for Finish Prep
P220 is the kind of grit you reach for when the job is about refining the surface, not hogging material off fast. It is a solid choice for smoothing between finish stages and for light prep where scratch control matters.
- P220 grit for fine sanding applications
- Useful for painted surfaces, coatings, and finish prep
- Good fit for hand work where a power sander would be too aggressive
One Pad for Multiple Materials
This pad is built for broad shop usefulness. Whether you are cleaning up woodwork, feathering paint, or refining fiberglass and composite parts, the wet-or-dry design gives you more flexibility than a basic single-purpose sanding block.
- Silicon carbide abrasive
- Suitable for wood, paint, metal, fiberglass, coatings, and composites
- Can be used for both wet sanding and dry sanding
Key Specifications
 Grit | P220 |
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Abrasive Material | Silicon Carbide |
 Length | 140 mm |
 Width | 115 mm |
 Thickness | 0.1875 in |
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Pad Type | One-Sided Soft Sanding Pad |
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Use | Wet or Dry Sanding |
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Applications | Wood, Paint, Metal, Fiberglass, Coatings, Composites |
Built For
Pro Tip
For edge work and small profiles, let the foam do the work. If you bear down hard with a fine-grit soft pad, you can round edges faster than you think and lose the clean line you were trying to keep.
Tool Nut’s Take
Mirka 1355-220 Soft Sanding Pad for Fine Hand Finishing
This is a simple product, but it solves a real problem: getting a cleaner hand-sanded finish on edges, curves, and detail areas without fighting a stiff sanding block.
- Who it’s for: Painters, woodworkers, body shop users, and anyone doing finish prep by hand on flat and slightly contoured surfaces.
- Why it stands out: The combination of soft backing, P220 grit, silicon carbide abrasive, and wet-or-dry use makes it more versatile than a basic sanding sponge.
- Worth knowing: This is a fine sanding pad, not a stock-removal pad. If the surface needs heavy cleanup first, start coarser and come back to this one for the finish step.
Common Questions
- What grit is this Mirka sanding pad? It is rated at P220 grit, which is suited to fine sanding and finish preparation.
- Can it be used wet or only dry? Mirka lists it for both wet sanding and dry sanding.
- What materials can it be used on? It is intended for wood, paint, metal, fiberglass, coatings, and composite materials.
- What size is the pad? The pad measures 115 mm x 140 mm and is 0.1875 inch thick.
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