EXHIBIT 23.2
 
               CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
 
   
    We consent to the reference to our firm under the captions "Experts,"
"Summary Historical Consolidated Financial Data," and "Selected Historical
Consolidated Financial Data" and to the use of our reports dated March 7, 1997,
except for note 10, as to which the date is August 20, 1997, in Amendment No. 2
to the Registration Statement (Form S-4 No. 333-36675) and related Prospectus of
Burke Industries, Inc. for the registration of $110,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of its 10% Senior Notes due 2007.
    
 

                               
                                /S/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP

 
   
San Jose, California
December 3, 1997