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  1. On 2/19/2022 at 8:01 PM, Lancashirelad said:

    Without pics to aid I'm still trying to figure out how this happened. Just about every condo balcony I've ever been on in Thailand has a surface water drain. Why didn't the drain cleaner run down the drain?

     

    For it to land on the cars they must have been parked half in and half out under the balcony. (unless the wind blew it as spray?).

    Exactly most people park totally under. Without pictures everybody's just speculating

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  2. On 2/20/2022 at 3:20 AM, vinny41 said:

    If the Op hadn't have come forward and owned up, the car owners would have reported to the police as a crime. It could have been caused by the vandals spraying drain cleaner over the cars deliberately or by a careless action by one of the condos owners.

    I am sure the police would quickly find if the bottle of drain cleaner had any fingerprints on the bottle and a quick check via records would identify the owner of such fingerprints.

    I do wonder what the op employer would think if the local police turned up at the op's school for questioning 

    Before speculating let's see the actual damage on this car

  3. 4 hours ago, jippytum said:

    That`s typical reply from a dishonest person who denies responsibility for any wrongdoing. 

    The condo owner made a silly mistake and should have third party liability insurance for his unit. Its not e xpensive.  Just checked 

    Just checked with the insurance company.  Insurance pays nobody else accidental damage.  Phone the insurance company. 555 I will tell you the dishonest.. Dont start crying on here when they start asking for 100,000 baht for something a shop would do for 1000 baht 

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  4. 5 hours ago, blackcab said:

    You need to see what the paint technicians say, but as you know drain cleaners are extremely corrosive.

     

    For starters the drain cleaner could have corroded the paint down to the metal. If this has happened then the affected areas of the vehicle will need to be taken back to metal.

     

    Next, an isolating product will need to be applied to neutralise the drain cleaner. If this is not done perfectly then the paint will bubble when it is sprayed on, and the work needs to start again.

     

    If you have covered most of the panels on the car then it will probably be a full respray.

     

    On top of that you need to consider that any affected rubber seals might have perished, as well as any affected plastic parts being melted. It will depend on just how much drain cleaner, if any, landed on these types of parts.

     

    Don't be surprised if the car owner doesn't want to claim on their insurance; chances are a claim of this significance will increase their premium next year, putting them out of pocket.

    Insurance claim won't go up you will loose 10% maybe which is a couple hundred baht. No significant increase! 

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