[O'Melveny & Myers LLP Letterhead]

September 8, 1998

Furon Company
29982 Ivy Glenn Drive
Laguna Niguel, California  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 350,000 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 delivered pursuant
to the Furon Company Economic Value Added (EVA) Incentive Compensation
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 delivered pursuant to and in accordance with the Plan.
We have been advised by you that the Common Stock to be delivered
pursuant to and in accordance with the Plan will be purchased by the
Company on the open market.

     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 delivered 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