Mirka Mini File 20 x 42mm

A run in gloss or a bit of grit that dried into the film does not need sanding back. It needs the defect taken off flush and nothing else touched. That is a specific job and this is the specific tool for it.

The Mirka Mini File 20 x 42mm is a rectification file for removing runs and dirt nibs. Mirka's own words. It is two sided, one face coarse cut and the other fine cut, and the file sits in the holder on a magnet so you can lift it out and turn it over.

How it is used

Coarse side first, to take the top off the defect until it sits level with the surrounding film. Then the fine side to refine the mark you have just made, and from there into your normal polishing or recoating sequence. The point of a file this small is that the cut stays on the nib instead of spreading into good paint either side of it, which is exactly what happens when you attack a nib with a sanding block.

What it is not

It is not a general purpose file and it is not a preparation tool. Filing timber, easing an edge or flatting a surface are all jobs for something else. This earns its keep in the last hour of a gloss or a high build finish, on doors, joinery and sprayed work, and in bodyshops where it is standard kit.

Specification

• File size: 20 x 42mm.
• Faces: two, one coarse cut and one fine cut.
• Fixing: magnet, so the file lifts out and reverses.
• Holder: included. Mirka sell a files-only version separately under a different code.
• Mirka code: 7871100111.

Ireland & Northern Ireland — 1–3 working days. Charged by total order weight, VAT included:

• Up to 30 kg — €6.99, or free on orders over €85
• 30–60 kg — €13.99
• 60–100 kg — €27.99
• Over 100 kg — pallet delivery €49.99

Great Britain — 2–4 working days. €13.95 up to 30 kg, then €27.90, €55.90 and €99.90 by the same weight steps. There is no free delivery to Great Britain.

Rest of Europe — non-liquid items only, from €11.75, priced by destination and weight at checkout. Paint and other liquids ship to Ireland, Northern Ireland and Great Britain only.

Dispatch and collection — in-stock orders placed before 12pm Monday to Friday ship the same day. Click & collect at Ballymount, Dublin 12 is free and often ready within the hour.

Returns — 14 days to change your mind and 14 more to send it back. Tinted paint is non-returnable once mixed.