Easily Enhance Your Grip
When mated with another gripping material, our 3M™ Gripping Material GM531 provides high durability and high coefficient of friction properties. This firm but soft, black gripping material utilizes our proprietary micro-replication technology to create thousands of tiny replicated fingers that enhance grip and reduce slippage. This peel-and-stick product is designed to bond to many surfaces, providing a quick and easy increase in traction. Used alone, this material provides a secure grip with medium friction, but when used in conjunction with another gripping material, such as sewn into a glove and wrapped onto a handle bar, grip strength is maximized even in wet or oily conditions. This gripping material provides the best wet and oil grip when used with only a bare hand.
Recommended Applications
- Equipment handles, levers and grips on industrial equipment and tools
- Truck, forklift and auto steering wheels
- Power tools, gardening equipment, lawn mowers and snow blowers
- Sports equipment handles
Here’s a Grip Tip
3M™ Gripping Material GM531 is constructed with a thin and flexible fabric backing that is laminated to an acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive designed to easily apply using a peel and stick application method. It bonds to a wide variety of surfaces, including low surface energy substrates, such as low surface energy plastics and powder coated paints and can be spiral wrapped around handles and shafts. 3M™ Gripping Material products can be shear cut, die-cut, laser cut or converted by other applicable methods.
Performance in a Wide Range of Temperatures
3M™ Gripping Material GM531 performs well across a broad range of temperatures, ranging from -40°F to 140°F (-40°C to 60°C) indoors and outdoors.
About our 3M™ Gripping Materials
Our gripping materials are available in roll or sheet form in a wide range of tactility from very soft to firm. Soft gripping material products are designed to be more comfortable during skin contact and tend to be more flexible to contour more easily to tighter curves. Firm gripping material products are extremely durable, and tend to be stiffer. If prolonged service life in harsh use conditions is a critical feature for your product, durability of the gripping material increases with firmness. Actual service life will depend on frequency of use and severity of end use conditions, but typically, most 3M™ Gripping Material can outlast leather in a factory or in the field. 3M™ Gripping Material products are designed to be used alone, or as a two-part mated system. When used alone (on a single surface), the 3M™ Gripping Materials provide a strong secure grip. When used as a two-part mated system, for example, on a glove and handle bar, grip strength is maximized.

3M 16328, PPS Lid & Liner Kit, Micro (3 fl oz), 125 Micron Full
Diameter Filter, 50 Lids & Liners per kit, 7000045482
Standard Abrasives 592304, Quick Change Aluminum Oxide 2 Ply Disc, 50, TR, Brown, 1-1/2 in, Die Q150S, 7010310670, 50/case
3M 76783, Cubitron II Hookit Cloth Disc 784F, 120+ XF-weight, 5 in x NH, Die 500X, 7100222757
3M 20930, PSA Cloth Disc 348D, P120 X-weight, 1 in x NH, Die 100N, 7000118916
ACS Diamond Cloth Belt, CX1250 1/2" X 18" 125U
3M™ 72010, Replacement Filter Kit 523-01-29, 7000056891, 1 EA/Case
Dynabrade 95842 Dynabrade Air Lube 10W/NR, 1 Pint
3M 11412, Roloc Disc 361F, 36 YF-weight, TR, 1 in, Die R100N, 7000045092
ACS Diamond Grinding Disc, 4-1/2" Dia. X 5/8"-11 Center Hub Thread, Type 29, 36 Grit
3M 54141, Particulate Welding Respirator 8212, N95 with Faceseal, 7000002027, 80 EA/Case
3M 53914, Performance Plus Duct Tape 8979N Nuclear Red, 48 mm x 54.8 m 12.1 mil, 7000049014, 24/ case
3M 19771, Utility Cloth Sheet 314D, 9 in x 11 in P100 J-weight, 7000021272
Standard Abrasives 32953, PSA A/O Disc, 711880, 2 in x NH, 60, 7010310798
3M 00705, Interam Stainless Steel Foil Tape T-65, 4 in x 100 ft, 7100024280
3M™ 72016, Remote Alarm & Strobe 529-05-20, Audible, 7000131708, 1 EA/Case
3M 45713, Cubitron II Hookit Cloth Disc 947A, 80+ X-weight, 3 in x NH, D/F 3HL, Die 300BE, 7100113145
3M 22408, Roloc Disc 361F, P100 YF-weight, TR, 1-1/2 in, Die R150S, 7000045101
Dynabrade 14000 Dynafile Abrasive Belt Tool
Dynabrade 10690 Filter/Regulator/Lubricator, FRL40, 1/2" NPTAssy.
3M 22404, Roloc Disc 361F, 80 YF-weight, TR, 3 in, Die R300V, 7000045100
3M 22409, Roloc Disc 361F, P120 XF-weight, TR, 1-1/2 in, Die R150S, 7000045103
Norton 66261096557 - 3" X 1/2" Blaze Rapid Strip Ceramic Alumina Extra Coarse Grade Non- Woven Abrasive Disc With Quick Change TR III Attachment, 25 Each
3M 22397, Roloc Disc 361F, 60 YF-weight, TR, 1-1/2 in x NH, 7000045097
3M 16112, PPS Lid & Liner Kit, Midi (13.5 fl oz), 200 Micron Full
Diameter Filter, 50 Lids & Liners per kit, 7100020094
Dynabrade 77763 4-1/2" Dia. x 7/8" Center Hole, 60 Grit, Type 27, Ceramic DynaCut Flap Disc, 10/pack
3M 22396, Roloc Disc 361F, 36 YF-weight, TR, 1-1/2 in, Die R150S, 7000045091
3M 26016, PPS Series 2.0 Adapter, Type S9, 16 mm Male, 1.5 mm Thread, 7100135330
3M 45016, Diamond Grade DG3 Reflective Digital Sheeting 4091UDS,Yellow, 36 in x 50 yd, 1 Roll/Case, 7100282696
Standard Abrasives 709187, A/O Straight Cartridge Roll, 1/2 in x 1-1/2 in x 1/8 in 60, 7100085869
Standard Abrasives 527316, Quick Change Ceramic Pro 2 Ply Disc, 80, TSM, Red, 1-1/2 in, Die QS150SM, 7010310625, 50/case
3M 77558, Cubitron II Hookit Cloth Disc 947A, 77558, 40+ to 120+, 6 in x NH, Die 600Z, 7100232737
Standard Abrasives 592305,Quick Change Aluminum Oxide 2 Ply Disc, 60, TR, 1-1/2 in, 7010368061, 50 per case
3M 16314, PPS Lid & Liner Kit, Mini (6 fl oz), 125 Micron Full
Diameter Filter, 50 Lids & Liners per kit, 7000045487
3M 16312, PPS Lid & Liner Kit, Midi (13.5 fl oz), 125 Full Diameter
Micron Filter, 50 Lids & Liners per kit, 7100018936
Dynabrade 15029 Contact Arm Ass'y, 1" Dia. x 3/8" W, Tapered Rubber Wheel, No Platen/Offset Design
3M 26022, PPS Series 2.0 Adapter, Type S12, 10 mm Male, 1.0 mm Thread, 7100135943
3M 77231, Scotch-Brite Roloc Deburr and Finish PRO Unitized Wheel, DP-UR, 2S Fine, TR, 2 in x 1/4 in x NH, 7010365721
3M 98242, Marine Adhesive Sealant 3000 UV, Black, 290 mL Cartridge, 7100111111, 12/Case 
