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                                                                   Exhibit 10.36

                     AMENDMENT NO. 8 TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

       Amendment No. 8 dated of as November __, 2002 (this "AMENDMENT") to the
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of March 24, 1999 (as amended,
supplemented and otherwise modified by Waiver No. 1 dated as of December 30,
1999, Amendment and Waiver No. 2 dated as of January 24, 2000, Amendment and
Waiver No. 3 Under the Loan Documents dated as of November 7, 2000, Amendment
No. 4 Under the Credit Agreement dated as of February 13, 2002, Amendment No. 5
dated as of May 9, 2002, Amendment No. 6 Under the Credit Agreement dated as of
June 14, 2002, and Amendment No. 7 Under the Credit Agreement dated as of
September 30, 2002, the "CREDIT AGREEMENT") among United Industries Corporation,
a Delaware corporation (the "BORROWER"), certain banks, financial institutions
and other institutional lenders party thereto (the "LENDER PARTIES"), Bank of
America, N.A. (formerly known as NationsBank, N.A.) ("BANK OF AMERICA"), as
Swing Line Bank and Initial Issuing Bank thereunder, Banc of America Securities
LLC (formerly known as NationsBanc Montgomery Securities LLC) ("BAS") and Morgan
Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. ("MSSF"), as Co-Arrangers therefor, Canadian
Imperial Bank of Commerce, as Documentation Agent therefor, MSSF, as Syndication
Agent thereunder, BAS, as Lead Arranger and Book Manager therefor, and Bank of
America, as Administrative Agent (the "ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT") for the Lender
Parties thereunder. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Amendment
shall have the same meanings as specified therefor in the Credit Agreement.

                             PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS

       (1) The Borrower has requested that the Lender Parties agree to amend the
Credit Agreement in order to permit the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to enter
into certain Hedge Agreements.

       (2) The Lender Parties have indicated their willingness to grant the
Borrower's request on the terms and subject to the satisfaction of the
conditions set forth herein.

       NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual
covenants and agreements contained herein and in the Loan Documents, the parties
hereto hereby agree as follows:

       SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT. The
Credit Agreement is, upon the occurrence of the Amendment Effective Date (as
hereinafter defined), hereby amended as follows:

            (a) Section 5.02(b)(ii) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
       to: (i) remove the word "and" at the end of paragraph (K) thereof; (ii)
       delete the punctuation "." at the end of paragraph (L) thereof, and
       substitute therefor the phrase "; and"; and (iii) add immediately after
       paragraph (L) thereof, a new paragraph (M) to read as follows:

                 "(M) Hedge Agreements with a duration of not more than 12
            months entered into in the ordinary course of business of the
            Borrower or such Subsidiary for the purpose of hedging against
            fluctuations in the price of production inputs; PROVIDED that all
            such Hedge Agreements shall be nonspeculative in nature (including,
            without limitation, with respect to the term and purpose thereof).".

            (b) Section 5.02(e) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to:
       (i) remove the word "and" at the end of subsection (xi) thereof; (ii)
       delete the punctuation "." at the end of subsection (xii) thereof, and
       substitute therefor the phrase "; and"; and (iii) add immediately after
       subsection (xii) thereof, a new subsection (xiii) to read as follows:

                 "(xiii) Hedge Agreements with a duration of not more than 12
            months entered into in the ordinary course of business of the
            Borrower or such Subsidiary for the purpose

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            of hedging against fluctuations in the price of production inputs;
            PROVIDED that all such Hedge Agreements shall be nonspeculative in
            nature (including, without limitation, with respect to the term and
            purpose thereof).".

       SECTION 2. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS AMENDMENT.
This Amendment (other than Section 1) shall become effective as of the first
date on which the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this
Amendment executed by the Borrower and the Required Lenders or, as to any of the
Lender Parties, advice satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that such Lender
Party has executed this Amendment. Section 1 of this Amendment shall become
effective as of the first date (the "AMENDMENT EFFECTIVE DATE") on which, and
only if, each of the following conditions precedent shall have been satisfied:

            (a) The Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of
       this Amendment executed by the Borrower and the Required Lenders or, as
       to any of the Lender Parties, advice satisfactory to the Administrative
       Agent that such Lender Party has executed this Amendment.

            (b) The Administrative Agent shall have received the Consent
       attached hereto executed by the Borrower and UIC Holdings, L.L.C.

            (c) The representations and warranties contained in each of the Loan
       Documents shall be correct in all material respects on and as of the
       Amendment Effective Date, after giving effect to this Amendment, as
       though made on and as of such date (except (i) for any such
       representation and warranty that, by its terms, refers to a specific date
       other than the Amendment Effective Date, in which case as of such
       specific date, and (ii) that the financial statements of the Borrower
       referred to in Sections 4.01(f) and 4.01(g) of the Credit Agreement shall
       be deemed to refer to the financial statements of the Borrower comprising
       part of the Required Financial Information most recently delivered to the
       Administrative Agent and the Lender Parties pursuant to Sections 5.03(c)
       and 5.03(d) of the Credit Agreement, respectively, on or prior to the
       Amendment Effective Date).

            (d) No event shall have occurred and be continuing or shall result
       from the effectiveness of this Amendment that constitutes a Default.

            (e) All of the accrued fees and expenses of the Administrative
       Agent, the Lead Arranger and Book Manager and the Lender Parties
       (including the accrued fees and expenses of counsel for the Agents) that
       are then due and payable shall have been paid in full.

The effectiveness of this Amendment is further conditioned upon the accuracy of
all of the factual matters described herein. This Amendment is subject to the
provisions of Section 8.01 of the Credit Agreement.

       SECTION 3. REFERENCE TO AND EFFECT ON THE LOAN DOCUMENTS. (a) On and
after the Amendment Effective Date, each reference in the Credit Agreement to
"THIS AGREEMENT", "HEREUNDER", "HEREOF" or words of like import referring to the
Credit Agreement, and each reference in the Notes and each of the other Loan
Documents to "THE CREDIT AGREEMENT", "THEREUNDER", "THEREOF" or words of like
import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the
Credit Agreement, as amended and otherwise modified by this Amendment.

       (a) The Credit Agreement, the Notes and each of the other Loan Documents,
as amended and otherwise modified by the amendments and modifications
specifically provided in this Amendment, are and shall continue to be in full
force and effect and are hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed. The
execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not, except as
expressly

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provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any of the
Secured Parties or the Administrative Agent under any of the Loan Documents, nor
constitute a waiver of any provision of any of the Loan Documents.

       SECTION 4. COSTS AND EXPENSES. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay, upon
demand, all of the reasonable costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent and
the Lead Arranger and Book Manager (including, without limitation, the
reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Agents) in connection with the
preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification and amendment of
this Amendment and all of the agreements, instruments and other documents
delivered or to be delivered in connection herewith, all in accordance with the
terms of Section 8.04 of the Credit Agreement.

       SECTION 5. EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS. This Amendment may be executed in
any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original
and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment by
telecopier shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of
this Amendment.



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       SECTION 6. GOVERNING LAW. This Amendment shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
executed by their respective officers, thereunto duly authorized, as of the date
first written above.

                                         THE BORROWER

                                         UNITED INDUSTRIES CORPORATION



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                                         BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
                                           as Administrative Agent



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                                         BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
                                           as Lender, Issuing Bank and
                                           Swing Line Bank



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                                           Title:




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                                         [Type or print name of Lender]



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                                     CONSENT

       Reference is made to (a) Amendment No. 8 to the Credit Agreement dated as
of November __, 2002 (the "AMENDMENT"; capitalized terms not otherwise defined
herein being used herein as defined in the Amendment and in the Credit Agreement
referred to below), (b) the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of
March 24, 1999 (as amended, supplemented and otherwise modified by Waiver No. 1
dated as of December 30, 1999, Amendment and Waiver No. 2 dated as of January
24, 2000, Amendment and Waiver No. 3 Under the Loan Documents dated as of
November 7, 2000, Amendment No. 4 Under the Credit Agreement dated as of
February 13, 2002, Amendment No. 5 dated as of May 9, 2002, Amendment No. 6
Under the Credit Agreement dated as of June 14, 2002, and Amendment No. 7 Under
the Credit Agreement dated as of September 30, 2002, the "CREDIT AGREEMENT")
among United Industries Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "BORROWER"),
certain banks, financial institutions and other institutional lenders party
thereto (the "LENDER PARTIES"), Bank of America, N.A. (formerly known as
NationsBank, N.A.) ("BANK OF AMERICA"), as Swing Line Bank and Initial Issuing
Bank thereunder, Banc of America Securities LLC (formerly known as NationsBanc
Montgomery Securities LLC) ("BAS") and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.
("MSSF"), as Co-Arrangers therefor, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, as
Documentation Agent therefor, MSSF, as Syndication Agent thereunder, BAS, as
Lead Arranger and Book Manager therefor, and Bank of America, as Administrative
Agent (the "ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT") for the Lender Parties thereunder, and (c)
the other Loan Documents referred to therein.

       The Borrower, in its capacity as (a) a Grantor under the Security
Agreement and (b) a Grantor under each IP Security Agreement--Short Form, and
UIC Holdings, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, in its capacity as a
party to the Holdings LLC Agreement, each hereby consents to the execution,
delivery and the performance of the Amendment and agrees that:

            (A) each of the Security Agreement, the Copyright Security
       Agreement--Short Form, the Trademark Security Agreement--Short Form, the
       Patent Security Agreement--Short Form and the Holdings LLC Agreement to
       which it is a party is, and shall continue to be, in full force and
       effect and is hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed on the
       Amendment Effective Date, except that, on and after the Amendment
       Effective Date, each reference to "THE CREDIT AGREEMENT", "THEREUNDER",
       "THEREOF", "THEREIN" or words of like import referring to the Credit
       Agreement shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement, as
       amended and otherwise modified by the Amendment; and

            (B) as of the Amendment Effective Date, the Security Agreement the
       Copyright Security Agreement--Short Form, the Trademark Security
       Agreement--Short Form and the Patent Security Agreement--Short Form to
       which it is a party and all of the Collateral of such Person described
       therein do, and shall continue to, secure the payment of all of the
       Secured Obligations.

            This Consent shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with,
       the laws of the State of New York.



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            Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this
       Consent by telecopier shall be effective as the delivery of a manually
       executed counterpart of this Consent.

                                         UNITED INDUSTRIES CORPORATION


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                                           Name:
                                           Title:


                                         UIC HOLDINGS, L.L.C.

                                         By Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund IV, L.P.,
                                              as Manager
                                              By Thomas H. Lee Company
                                              its general partner


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