The basic principle of making paint is to mix together the raw materials chosen for a specific type of product to produce a homogenous, smooth liquid and in order to produce paints of a sufficiently high standard to meet modern day requirements it is necessary to utilize a wide variety of manufacturing machinery. These include high speed dispersion mills, ball mills and roller mills which are necessary to disperse, or grind, the pigments into the binder so as to produce materials without any lumps or undispersed particles which could detract from both the appearance and performance of the finished product. The concentrated bases, having been produced, are then blended with other liquid constituents, thinned and tinted to the required shade.

Strict quality control is necessary and all batches of paint are rigidly tested against pre-set standards for colour, drying time, hardness, viscosity and specific gravity and when the control chemist is satisfied that the product meets the necessary specification it is carefully strained and filled into individual containers.