joshua hibbler
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150 or 180 is the most common throughout my experience of working at other shops. 240 seems a bit overkill, but if you are getting paid hourly, so be it. if you are flat rate, i’d put up a fight.
if somebody was making me finish off plastic in 240, i’d probably finish my filler in 100 or 120 and then put a super tight coat of poly on just to fill the scratches since you’ve already got it straight and 240 that out.between the production and resto shops i’ve worked at, the money to be made for a tech is relatively the same (unless you work at a flat rate shop that lets you cut every corner there is). i think it all depends where you are, how serious of a resto shop you work at, and most importantly how talented you are.
i’ve been through 3 helpers at my shop and paid them more than they could make at any production shop in the valley.