EXHIBIT 23


                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements
(Forms  S-8 No. 2-89831, No.  33-61946 and  No. 333-07139 and  Form S-3  No. 33-
18264) pertaining to the 1986 Stock Option Plan, the 1991 Stock Option Plan and 
the 1991 Chemfab Employee Stock Option Plan, the Amended and Restated 1991 Stock
Option Plan and the 1986 Stock Option Plan and the 1983 Incentive Stock  Option
Plan of our report dated July 30, 1996, with respect  to  the consolidated  
financial  statements  and  schedule of  Chemfab  Corporation  included in this
Annual Report (Form  10-K) for the year ended  June 30, 1996.





Boston, Massachusetts
September 24, 1996


Ernst & Young LLP