Exhibit 32

SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATIONS OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

In connection with the Report of Material Sciences Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended August 31, 2005, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Clifford D. Nastas, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.

January 9, 2006
By:	/s/ Clifford D. Nastas
	Clifford D. Nastas
	Chief Executive Officer and Director

In connection with the Report, I, Jeffrey J. Siemers, Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative and Financial Officer and Secretary of the Company, certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.

January 9, 2006
By:	/s/ Jeffrey J. Siemers
	Jeffrey J. Siemers
	Executive Vice President, Chief
	Administrative and Financial Officer and Secretary

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