I've been coming to Clement's Paints for about fifteen years. Twelve years at the Koenig location, three years at the Highway 71 location. This review is just on the Highway 71 location, the Koenig location is great. I should give them a separate five star review. I have been working on refurbishing a large fixer-upper and have spent way to much money on Aura paint for the exterior and interior work. The latest project is repainting a bedroom for my daughter which I have been communicating and getting paint samples with them the past couple of weeks. I placed a phone order last weekend for our choice for wall color, and to my surprise and disappointment the wall paint came in semi-gloss rather matte as (I thought) I specified. I tried to return the unopened can, and substitute with the matte finish but they refused the return. They insisted I specified the wrong sheen. In all honesty, they may be correct. I may have misspoken on the phone order, though I do not think I would have ordered a semi-gloss for a wall paint. However, a good paint store that kept track of customer communications and a long history of orders would have asked me, if I had indeed misspoken, whether I really wanted a semi-gloss for wall paint. To compound the situation, the person who refused my request, suggested I use the semi-gloss as a base layer and then go over that with the matte. This is not good advice, as semi-gloss even with a light sanding, is not an ideal base layer.
Clements charges a premium for their paint. Their service should be commensurate with this premium. However, they delivered a sub Home Depot level of experience the one time as a fifteen year customer I asked for a return. read more