The industrial paints are used for industrial purposes such as motor vehicle, washing machine, and pipelines painting operations. The household paints are used to cover buildings and furniture.
| Mixing | Alkyd resins or vegetable oils (boiled linseed oil), fatty acids, pigments (titanium dioxide), fillers (talc, and calcium carbonate), and plasticizers are weighed, and fed automatically to the mechanical mixers. |
| Grinding | After mixing, the mixture (batch) is transferred to the mills for further mixing, grinding, and homogenizing. The type of used mill is related to the type of pigments, vehicles, and fillers. |
| Intermediate storage | In some plants, after grinding, the batch is transferred to an intermediate storage tank, because the batch may need further grinding to obtain the required degree of homogeneity. |
| Thinning/ dilution | The batch is then transferred from the intermediate storage tank to a mixer for thinning and dilution, where solvents, and other additives are added. |
| Filtration and finishing | After thinning, the batch is filtered in a filter, to remove nondispersed pigments and any entrained solids. Metal salts are added to enhance drying (cobalt, lead, zirconium). |
| Packaging and storage | The paint is poured into cans or drums, labeled, packed, and moved to storage, each step being completely automatic. |
