Abstract: Aqueous pastes have been prepared by dispersing dried particulate material in water in the presence of a dispersing agent.A new process for the manufacture of aqueous pastes involves two-stage filtration in which a first stage filter cake is mixed with a dispersing agent in an amount sufficient to render the cake free-flowing which is then subjected to a second stage pressure filtration and the cake is then homogenized.Preferably the cake is of titanium dioxide and the cake from the first filtration is mixed with the dispersing agent in a sand mill. A membrane pressure filter is preferably used in the first and second filtration stages. During homogenization preferably a further amount of the dispersing agent is mixed with the filter cake. Aqueous paste prepared by this new process can have solids contents in excess of 70% by weight.