Abstract: What is presented and described is an edge strip comprising a structure layer and at least one function layer, bonded to the structure layer, for securing the edge strip on a narrow face of a workpiece wherein the function layer contains a polypropylene homopolymer and a polyethylene homopolymer, as is a method of producing the edge strip, comprising a. forming, especially extruding, the at least one function layer containing the polypropylene homopolymer and the polyethylene copolymer, b. forming the structure layer, and c. bonding the function layer to the structure layer. Also described is a method of securing an edge strip on a workpiece, the use of a function layer described herein as meltable putty in strip form, and to a meltable putty in strip form and to a workpiece comprising an edge strip.