One of the most important steps in the manufacturing of mill bases, pigment concentrates and other pigmented systems is the dispersion process.During this process the pigments, which are insoluble solids, need to be distributed within the liquid medium in order to be wetted, separated and finally stabilized to prevent the re-agglomeration of the pigments.Conventionally nonylphenol ethoxylates are used as wetting agents and sodium polyacrylates as stabilizers.In this paper, we will be discussing the use of an environmentally friendly hyper-branched polymeric surfactant (HBS) to improve the dispersion process of a water-based acrylic gloss paint using a standard polyacrylate (SSPAC) stabilizer.The HBS is a highly surface active agent and the results showed that in combination with a SSPAC the HBS can improve the wetting characteristics of the SSPAC and due to the chem. structure, contribute to steric stabilization of the dispersion.