Rodda Paint

After I received a free paint wheel (fan?) from the 4^th Ave South location (vs $ 25 of more from other paint stores), I returned to purchase paint. One Coat Cover! Really good quality paint. I painted the kitchen, entry hall, hallway, and bedroom. The bedroom was a horrible lime green and the light brown Rodda paint covered in one coat. I recommend Rodda paints. I’ll head there tomorrow for paint for the living room.

«Cheese whiz!» «Jeepers!» «[Discussion of Will Smith’s career origins.]»
These are all exclamations or conversation topics I overheard from staff while pokily perusing paint chips in-​store. Hilarious!
Okay, the important part: Extremely friendly, knowledgeable, and helpful staff, who even recommended I run home and grab my Chinook book coupon to save on the paint I was buying — over $ 40 value!
I was in and out quickly and easily, and I had one-​on-​one guidance in picking out the gear I needed for painting my (admittedly small) space. Would return here in a heartbeat. Say hi to Gabriel and Mike when you go!

Really annoyed… I brought in the sample paint for them to match and I was supposed to be called in one week to pick up my paint. They lost my order and they «asked around» however there was «no recollection» that this order was placed. Sadly, I still have to bring this sample in and reorder because my house paint was from this exact company. No apologies. Nothing.
Update:
The next day I received a call stating that my paint was ready… Apparently no one was on the same page at the store

Im a pro painter and have been working on homes and commercial buildings for years. Im
in medford or. A couple of the paints that are my ‘go to’ paints are Rodda AC909 Satin Exterior and UnuiqeII Semi-​Gloss. I get excelent results and longevity out of this stuff. Ive actually shown up to bid repaints on buildings 10 years later and its still going strong. Rodda has some great paints
PS, and you know its good if mostly contractors go here ;)

I was looking for old-​fashioned roller blinds. I had gotten a quote from Atrium in Ballard – geez it was high. I didn’t think simple roller shades should be so expensive. A friend suggested Rodda. Rodda has a friendly small business feel. Mike & Mark were great – helpful and informed. Helped me to chose company & style of shades. I ordered shades of a higher quality at almost half the price of my earlier quote.

Poor quality oil paints that do not cure. I purchased their floor tough fast dry polyurethane paint for the stairs and floor in my basement. This paint has not cured after a week. This oil will not not dry, it has just turned into the consistency of thick carmel and has become a nightmare. I called to ask for suggestions and I was given the # of their paint distributor Dave Baines. He said this product should have been thinned with mineral spirits before using, and blamed it on our application. His only suggestion was that we scrape all the paint off. Rodda’s manager (a pleasent woman), disagreed with the mineral spirit suggestion and the label did not state thinning as a requirement. Bottom line, this paint is awful and I did not have this problem with Miller paint, Benjamin moore or Sherman williams. Do not buy this expensive and awful product.

This is the place where the guys in white overalls get their supplies. It isn’t the sort of place that housewives spend hours browsing through a zillion different shades of off-​white color chips, and I wouldn’t expect a lot of hand-​holding. They carry the quality products that help the pros make a living. I get great results from their store-​branded 100% acrylic exterior latex. It lays down without brush marks, typically doesn’t need a second coat, and really holds up to the Seattle weather. I bring my own colors and they do a great job of matching them. Rodda has a great selection of top quality Flood deck and siding stains. (I prefer Benjamin Moore interior paints and haven’t tried Rodda) But, their brushes are great, and everything in the store seems to be very competitively priced.

I bought one of those new townhouses (with the ridiculously narrow staircases) that are popping up all over Seattle. Every single time I’ve moved something — pretty much anything that might be 3 feet in width — I’ve scraped the side of my walls. So after a year of wall scratching (and a new roommate), I decided that maybe — just maybe — it was time to do some patch work. The construction company that built my abode purchased their paints from Rodda. This location was the closest to my house, which is how I ended up here.
The staff was really helpful, though finding someone to help me was a little hard (Either their understaffed, or there was a high influx of customers for a Friday afternoon.). The paint color, I was told, was an «older color» (I guess they have been renamed since my house was built.), but the staff was able to find a conversion chart and get me the right paint color. Then they helped me to get the other stuff I needed: spray-​on texture (they also did a demo with me, which was very useful), a paint roller, and a basic «how-​to» list.
The prices were reasonable too. I’m no home improvement expert, but I have been to the Home Depot and Lowe’s before: everything one needs to texture the walls and paint (and fix the holes) for under $ 50 (including the gallon of paint) seems really reasonable to me.
Like I said: great service, and knowledgeable staff. I just wish there was more of them to go around… And I really wish that they’d volunteer to come home and do my painting for me.