What is Gearskin™?

GEARSKIN™ is an innovative self-adhesive fabric with outstanding features compliant with the high military standards therefore GEARSKIN™ is the most versatile self adhesive high-tech fabric available on the worldwide market. GEARSKIN™ offers users to create a personalized solution for each own specific situation.

From the begining, GEARSKIN™ has undergone a very strenuous 2 years testing phase, improving it’s characteristics, through the analysis of an array of lab, heavy crash and field tests. By getting a huge number of precise data we were able to aim the development of GEARSKIN™ in the right direction and got an innovative self adhesive fabric with so many mindblowing properties that it’s application is almost limitless! It’s basic duty is protecting and camouflaging guns and military equipment, but the characteristics of the product make it suitable for a very wide use. Our product is entirely designed and manufactured in Europe using top quality ingredients, technology and knowledge.

Complete production process takes place in a factory employing more than 300 people with 140 years tradition in textile industry making it one of the oldest in Europe. It’s tradition, experts and technology in producing special purpose fabrics and materials is being used for decades supplying many military and law enforcement clients, as well as clients ranging from oil industry, railways, medical institutions and many more. All of the fabrics used in GEARSKIN™ production are Öeko-test certified and tested for harmfull supstances ensuring a 100% enviroment friendly and human safe products.

GEARSKIN™ easily adapts to curves, adheres to various surfaces and was tested in various field conditions. Some of the characteristics are water repellency, oil repellency, acid repellency, has an anti-soil treatment and resistance to wear and creasing. GEARSKIN™ eleminates the equipment flare effect , which further contributes to the daily / light cover-up and excellent NIR properties which enable efficient IR camouflage (night vision).

All of the materials used for flagship GEARSKIN™ products are of the highest military specifications which ensures its peak performance in a wide area of application ranging from sports, hobby, law enforcement, outdoor activities, decoration, protection, upholstery, medicine, concealment, garment and many more. GEARSKIN™ is therefore produced with high end Polyamide-Cotton fabric (Cordura®) and Nylon-Cotton fabric.

SMART Adhesive™ is the second component of GEARSKIN™ that is critical in the application of the product as to offer great possibilities for manipulation and the way of using the product. The adhesive is characterized by strong initial adhesion and slow ripening which a user can use GEARSKIN™ in the short term, remove it from the equipment and save it on the transfer paper for reuse. Alternatively leaving it on, GEARSKIN™ adhesive matures, adheres stronger to the surface and provides a long term solution for the protection and camouflage of equipment.

The user will from the very beginning recognize the strength of the adhesive to the touch, but also at short use it is easily removed from any surface without leaving any traces. If the user wants to keep the fabric permanently applied its just enough to leave the cloth on, in which case the glue will slowly “mellow” and get a more powerful grip to the surface. This process could be accelerated with even slightly heating the fabric. If after a prolonged use a sticky trail appears, it is easy to clean it with ordinary edible oil or simply using a piece of cloth which the user has previously removed as shown in our video gallery.

The product is Oeko-Tex Standard 100 Class II certified (tested against harmful substances) for all components and is completely safe for use in contact with the human skin and manufactured in compliance with all environmental standards.

Some useful tests of GEARSKIN™ showed exceptional strength (strip width of 5 cm, length 15 cm snapped under a load of 125 kilograms), high temperature resistance (tested with a blowtorch on a metal cylinder at a temperature higher than 700° C where after cooling the adhesive and still retained its properties). Despite our own extensive testing, we recommend that users themselves test it before use and get to know the product to make the most of its use.

In 2015. GEARSKIN™ has won the award as one of the best innovative concepts in a competition of over 660 innovative concepts ranging from software nieche to medicine. The contest holder was ZABA, UniCredit Group.

Later in 2015. RONIN TACTICAL took our product overseas where special forces operatives in Iraq and Afghanistan tested it, liked it, that’s the achievment we are very proud of.

The ultimate achievment is a 100% positive feedback from all our beta testers, reviewers and users. That’s what drives us to improve the product, to develop new features, to increase the number of camouflage patterns and to give you the priviledge of having the unfair advantage on your side.