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 06520, Marine Adhesive Sealant 5200FC Fast Cure, White, 295 mL Cartridge, 7000000629, 12/Case
3M 97956, Super 77 CA Multipurpose Spray Adhesive, Low VOC <25%, Clear, 24 fl oz Can, 7100014109, 12/Case
3M 21543, Scotch-Brite Roloc Clean and Strip XT Pro Extra Cut Disc, TR, 2 in x NH, A XCS, 7100179815, 60/box
Air Turbine Tools 310RSV - 1/4" Router Hand Tool Series, 25,000RPM, 33420
3M 16325, PPS Lid & Liner Kit, Large (28 fl oz), 125 Micron Full
Diameter Filter, 25 Lids & Liners per kit, 7100003284
3M 62606, Scotch-Weld Threadlocker TL42, Blue, 50 mL Bottle, 7100039193, 10/case
3M 49456, EMI Aluminum Foil Shielding Tape 1170, 2 in x 18 yd, 1170-2"X18YD, 7000132702
3M 00584 Scotch-Brite Surface Conditioning Belt, SC-BS, A/O Medium, 3 in x 118 in, 7010365595
3M 29831, Sanding Screen, 180 Grit, 18 in x NH, 7100160238
Air Turbine Tools 310RDM - 1/4" Router Hand Tool Series, 25,000RPM, 33422
3M™ 07012, Supplied Air Hose W-9435-100/07012(AAD), 100 ft, 3/8 in ID, Industrial Interchange Fittings, High Pressure, 7000005375, 1 EA/Case
3M 22409, Roloc Disc 361F, P120 XF-weight, TR, 1-1/2 in, Die R150S, 7000045103
Dynabrade 15420 Dynafile III Abrasive Belt Tool
3M 29823, Sanding Screen, 100 Grit, 20 in x NH, 7100160246
3M 22407, Roloc Disc 361F, 80 YF-weight, TR, 1-1/2 in, Die R150S, 7000045099
Dynabrade 51812 .1 hp Straight-Line Pencil Grinder, Rear Exhaust, 1000,000 RPM, 3/32" Collet
Dynabrade 40320 Dynafile II Abrasive Belt Tool
Dynabrade 95848 Dynabrade Gear Oil
3M™ 17379, Versaflo™ Length Adjusting Breathing Tube BT-30, 7100009685, 1 EA/Case
Dynabrade 53533 Cone or Plug Grinder (Triple Extension)
3M 64324, Foil Tape 3340, Silver, 72 mm x 45.7 m, 3.9 mil, 7010335734
ACS Flap Disc, Type 29 (Curved) Full Diamond 4-1/2 X 5/8-11 60M, 333.FD4.5-60/T29
Dynabrade 11395 Guide Wheel
3M 14002, Stikit Film Disc Roll 360L, P1000, 6 in x NH, Die 600Z, 7010308878, 125 discs per roll
3M 55722, Stikit Film Disc 375L, 6 x NH P1000 w/Skipslit Liner, 7100075240, 250 per case
3M 06535, Marine Adhesive Sealant 5200FC Fast Cure, PN06535, White, 1 oz Tube, 7010367674, 12/Case
3M 16028, PPS Lid & Liner Kit, Micro (3 fl oz), 200 Micron Full
Diameter Filter, 50 Lids & Liners per kit, 7000045465
3M 06560, Marine Adhesive Sealant 4200FC Fast Cure, White, 295 mL Cartridge, 7100006227, 12/Case
3M 87429, Final Finishing Pads 10199NA4PK, 3 3/4 in x 6 in x 5/8 in, Replaces 0000 Steel Wool, 7100096075, 4 pads per pack
Dynabrade 64404 36" W x 60" L (914 mm W x 1,524 mm L) Metal Capture Downdraft Table, 230 V (AC), Side Exhaust
3M 36882, Self-Stick Liquid Protection Fabric, Blue, 56 in x 300 ft, 7100169350
Dynabrade 51863 .7 hp Trim Router (Complete), 20,000 RPM, 1/4 Collet
3M Super Abrasives Roloc Disc, 2" Type-R, Medium AO High Strength, Box of 50
3M 26597, Cloth Belt 341D, P320 X-weight, 1 in x 42 in, Film-lok, Single-flex, 7010294511, 200 per case
3M 10119, Synthetic Steel Wool Pad 10119NA, 0000 Super Fine, 7000126181
3M 22395, Roloc Disc 361F, 60 YF-weight, TR, 3 in, Die R300V, 7000045098
3M 53914, Performance Plus Duct Tape 8979N Nuclear Red, 48 mm x 54.8 m 12.1 mil, 7000049014, 24/ case
Dynabrade 15006 Mini-Dynafile II Abrasive Belt Tool Versatility Kit
Dynabrade 94990 1/4" Female Composite-Style Coupler with 1/4" Male Plug Assembly
Dynabrade 64350 26" W x 36" L (660 mm W x 914 mm L) Metal Capture Downdraft Station, 230 V (AC)
3M 09499, Marine Adhesive Sealant 5200, 06500, White, 295 mL Cartridge, 7000000623, 12/Case
ACS Diamond Cloth Belt, CX1250 3" X 90" 75U
3M 45208, Disc Pad Face Plate, 5 in Soft White, 7000120521
3M™ 72010, Replacement Filter Kit 523-01-29, 7000056891, 1 EA/Case
3M™ 17323, Versaflo™ Respiratory Helmet Assembly M-407, with Premium Visor and Flame Resistant Shroud, 7000002395, 1 EA/Case
ACS 3" Diamond Roloc Disc, 120 Mesh, W/ Plastic Button
Dynabrade 80459 HEPA13 Filter
3M 16151, PTFE Glass Cloth Tape 5451, Brown, 3/4 in x 36 yd, 5.6 mil, 7000050135
3M 05791, Hookit Pad, 7000028382
3M™ 72016, Remote Alarm & Strobe 529-05-20, Audible, 7000131708, 1 EA/Case
3M 54141, Particulate Welding Respirator 8212, N95 with Faceseal, 7000002027, 80 EA/Case
3M 85309, Aluminum Foil Tape 425, Silver, 3/4 in x 60 yd, 4.6 mil, 7100053743
3M 65086, Scotch-Brite Diamond Wheel, 6" x 1" x 1" 645DC, 7010329878
3M 15913, Scotch-Brite Roloc Disc High Strength, TR, 2 in X NH A Medium, 7000000710
3M 76750, Roloc Disc 777F, 60 YF-weight, TS, 2 in, Die RS200P, 7010299188
3M 09099, Scotch-Brite Paint and Rust Stripper Large Area 9099NA, 7010375230
3M 29882, Sanding Screen, 220 Grit, 18 in x NH, 7100160813
3M 14316, Marine Adhesive Sealant 4000 UV, Black, 295 mL Cartridge, 7010367955, 12/Case 
