Benefits of undertaking a considered and well planned campaign of architectural paint research include:

Project management

• By providing clarity at the beginning of a project, architectural paint research can allow planning and budgeting of conservation and restoration work
• Identification of technical issues with paint, such as latent incompatibility, performance and toxicity
• Contribution to long-term conservation management plan
• Underpinning options for conservation/ restoration

Enriching the interpretation of your site

• Enhancement of the recorded archaeology of a site
• Establishment of the chronology of decorative schemes
• Creation of a narrative of changes to the structure and related decorative schemes
• Evaluation of how changing fashion, economy and use of a heritage asset has impacted on the choice, quality and condition of decoration
• Interpretation of the significance of the schemes identified
• Dating of both paint schemes and architectural changes