[O'Melveny & Myers LLP Letterhead]

September 8, 1998

Furon Company
29982 Ivy Glenn Drive
Laguna Niguel, CA  92677-2044

Re:  Registration Statement on Form S-8
     of Furon Company (the "Company")

Gentlemen:

     At your request, we have examined the Registration Statement
on
Form S-8 to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of
1933,
as amended, of an additional 400,000 shares of Common Stock,
without
par value, of the Company (the "Common Stock"), and additional
rights
pursuant to the Company's Rights Agreement dated March 21, 1989,
as
amended, with The Bank of New York, as rights agent (the "Rights"
and,
together with the Common Stock, the "Shares"), to be issued
pursuant to the Furon Company 1994 Employees' Stock Purchase Plan
(the
"Plan").  We have examined the proceedings heretofore taken and
to be
taken in connection with the authorization of the Plan and the
Shares
to be issued pursuant to and in accordance with the Plan.

     Based upon such examination and upon such matters of fact
and law
as we have deemed relevant, we are of the opinion that the Shares
have
been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the
part of
the Company and, when issued in accordance with such
authorization, the
provisions of the Plan and relevant agreements duly authorized by
and
in accordance with the terms of the Plan, the Shares will be
validly
issued, and the Common Stock will be fully paid and
nonassessable.

     We consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement.

                                     Respectfully submitted,
                                     /s/ O'Melveny & Myers LLP