King’s Paint & Paper

This a great company with a generous spirit — they donated paint to our Watsonville Art Wall community project!

Went in to get 2 gallons of interior paint. I was the only person in the store being helped by two guys. When discussing products, I was quoted $ 34.99 per gallon by one guy. I said I’d take it. As I had a coupon for $ 20 off $ 75, I said I would look for something for $ 5 to add to get me over the $ 75 amount. The other guy at the register getting me the total said, «Don’t worry about it, we’ll include tax to get you to the $ 75 amount.» I thought this was great. After paying, I had to ask for my receipt. Why? Because they charged me $ 39.99 for the paint! When I ask I was told, «The other guy gave you the wrong price.» I thought to myself, «Why didn’t you say something when I was being help?» Bottom line, they jacked up the price to reduce the «loss» from the coupon. Sorry, I don’t like being cheated! Also, there was a «fee» for adding the color? Come on!
As for the paint?
1. In both gallons, I found hardened chucks in the paint when stirring and on the roller when painting. Not good! I found the paint to be more runny then another brand that can be found across the street.
I’ve used Behr paint for 20 years now, not sure why I switched this time. I find Behr to be a better product (as does Consumer Reports). Though I desire to keep my dollars local, I’d rather deal with a store that charges me what they say they’re going to, for a superior product. (And they don’t charge for adding the color to the paint.)

Bought a can of expensive BM Aura semi-​gloss — one of the most expensive paints on the market, and had them color-​match. Brought it in THREE times to have color adjusted no small amount. Supposedly, the second guy to do it was their best color-​matcher. They do it by eye rather than computer (not a bad thing if skilled), but do it under a very limited light spectrum. Bring it out in the daylight, and it was a joke each time. The color was incredibly far off. I’ve had color matching done before elsewhere, so I have a good idea what to expect. Both these other times by eye, and both I felt were done excellently.
At that point, they could not give me a duplicatable color code. I ended up with an expensive paint I can’t match accurately — at least here. They should have supplied me with another can that they could give me a color code on. I probably should have just chose a close stock shade, except I was reassured they would do a good job of it.
Even after the third try, I had to add a few onces of a yellow-​gold white I had at home to warm and lighten the tone further.
Otherwise, staff did give me lots of good painting tips, especially the manager.

This is for the Soquel store – never been to the S.V. store.
am a serious DIYer andI have been remodeling my house for 18 months. I LOVE this place – the guys are always super friendly and helpful. I have had them match many wood stains, exterior and interior and the results are amazing. The computer matches at the big box stores are never that good. They have given me some useful tips as well. The products are much more expensive than big box – but the quality and service keep me going back.

The BEST in town! All the professional painters in town use these guys. It is a testament to their excellence that they have remained open despite Home Depot opening up across the street.
Please spend your local dollars here! You’ll get the best service imaginable. Not the case at the big conglomerates.

Probably one of the better resources for matching color in the county. The Soquel guys are knowledgeable and helpful while the SV guys are less so unless you catch one of the owners. I’ve purchased several hundred dollars of paint and supplies and recently returned a simple drop cloth ($ 12). To my surprise they charged me $ 2 because I didn’t have the receipt. Even though the cloth was tagged with their label and the guy remembered selling it to me. He smiled when I told him I thought it was a joke and would find a new source. I think they really cater to the contractors more than the home owner.

You cannot get better service, advice or help on matters relating to paint.
It is an institution that hopefully will be around forever.