SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                   Washington, D.C. 20549


                        FORM 8-K


                     CURRENT REPORT
           Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
             Securities Exchange Act of 1934



         Date of report (Date of earliest 
         event reported):  November 26, 1996


                 THE CLOROX COMPANY
   (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


                      Delaware
     (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)



   1-07151                              31-0595760
(Commission File Number)            (I.R.S. Employer
                                    Identification No.)




   1221 Broadway,                          94612
Oakland, California
(Address of Principal                    (Zip Code)
 Executive Offices)




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                        510/271-7000
      (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)




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Item 5.     Other Events.
On November 26, 1996, the registrant, Shield Acquisition 
Corporation, a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned 
subsidiary of the registrant (the "Offeror"), and Armor 
All Products Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Armor All"), 
entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger 
Agreement") providing for a tender offer (the "Offer") by 
the Offeror for any or all of the shares of Armor All's 
common stock (the "Shares").  Following the Offer and the 
Offeror's payment for the Shares tendered pursuant to the 
Offer, subject to certain conditions, the Merger Agreement 
provides for the merger of Armor All with and into the 
Offeror (the "Merger"), with Armor All as the surviving 
corporation.  Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, 
Armor All stockholders who tender Shares will receive 
$19.09 from Offeror for each Share  tendered. Concurrently 
with the execution of the Merger Agreement on November 26, 
1996, the registrant, the Offeror and McKesson Corporation, 
a stockholder of Armor All currently holding approximately 
54% of the Shares ("McKesson"), entered into a stockholder 
agreement (the "Stockholder Agreement"), pursuant to which 
McKesson agreed to tender all Shares owned by it pursuant 
to the Offer and granted to the registrant an irrevocable 
proxy  to vote McKesson's Shares in connection with any 
meeting of the stockholders of Armor All regarding the 
Merger or certain other matters. On December 2, 1996, the 
Offeror and the registrant filed with the Securities and 
Exchange Commission a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule 
14D-1 in connection with the Offeror's offer to purchase 
all of the Shares, which provides additional information 
regarding the Offer and the Merger and attaches the 
Merger Agreement and the Stockholder Agreement as exhibits 
thereto. 


Item 7.     Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c)     Exhibits
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1.1     Form of press release of the registrant issued on 
        November 26, 1996.


                     SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange 
Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report 
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.

THE CLOROX COMPANY



Date:  December 3, 1996     By: /s/ E. A. CUTTER
                                E.A. Cutter
                                Senior Vice President - 
                                General Counsel and Secretary