INSTRUCTIONS TO REGISTERED HOLDER AND/OR
         BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER FACILITY PARTICIPANT FROM BENEFICIAL OWNER
                                       OF
                            FIRST BRANDS CORPORATION
                          7.25% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2007
 
     To   Registered  Holder  and/or  Participant  of  the  Book-Entry  Transfer
Facility:
 
     The  undersigned   hereby   acknowledges   receipt   of   the   Prospectus,
dated                 , 1997 (the  'Prospectus') of First  Brands Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the 'Company'), and the accompanying Letter of Transmittal
(the 'Letter of Transmittal'), that together constitute the Company's offer (the
'Exchange Offer').  Capitalized  terms used  but  not defined  herein  have  the
meanings ascribed to them in the Prospectus.
 
     This  will instruct you,  the registered holder  and/or book-entry transfer
facility participant, as to action to be  taken by you relating to the  Exchange
Offer  with respect to the 7.25% Senior Notes due 2007 (the 'Notes') held by you
for the account of the undersigned.
 
     The aggregate face amount of the Notes  held by you for the account of  the
undersigned is (FILL IN AMOUNT):
 
     $           of the 7.25% Senior Notes due 2007
 
     With  respect to the  Exchange Offer, the  undersigned hereby instructs you
(CHECK APPROPRIATE BOX):
 
     [ ] TO TENDER  the following  Notes held  by  you for  the account  of  the
         undersigned  (INSERT PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES TO BE TENDERED, IF ANY):
         $
 
     [ ] NOT TO TENDER any Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned.
 
     If the undersigned instruct  you to tender  the Notes held  by you for  the
account  of the  undersigned, it  is understood that  you are  authorized (a) to
make, on behalf of the undersigned (and the undersigned, by its signature below,
hereby makes to you), the representations and warranties contained in the Letter
of Transmittal  that  are to  be  made with  respect  to the  undersigned  as  a
beneficial  owner, including but not limited to the representations that (i) the
undersigned's  principal  residence  is  in   the  state  of  (FILL  IN   STATE)
            ,  (ii)  the  undersigned is  acquiring  the Exchange  Notes  in the
ordinary course of  business of the  undersigned, (iii) the  undersigned is  not
participating,  does not  participate, and  has no  arrangement or understanding
with any person to participate in  the distribution of the Exchange Notes,  (iv)
the undersigned acknowledges that any person participating in the Exchange Offer
for  the  purpose  of  distributing  the Exchange  Notes  must  comply  with the
registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the 'Act'), in connection with a secondary resale transaction of the
Exchange Notes acquired by such  person and cannot rely  on the position of  the
Staff  of the Securities and Exchange  Commission set forth in no-action letters
that are  discussed in  the section  of the  Prospectus entitled  'The  Exchange
Offer  -- Resales  of the  Exchange Notes,'  and (v)  the undersigned  is not an
'affiliate,' as defined in Rule 405 under the Act, of the Company; (b) to agree,
on behalf of the undersigned, as set forth in the Letter of Transmittal; and (c)
to take such other  action as necessary  under the Prospectus  or the Letter  of
Transmittal to effect the valid tender of such Notes.
 
                                   SIGN HERE
 
Name of beneficial owner(s): ...................................................
Signature(s):  .................................................................
Name (please print):  ..........................................................
Address:  ......................................................................
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Telephone number:  .............................................................
Taxpayer Identification or Social Security Number:  ............................
Date:  .........................................................................