Clay - Stop

Inhibits Clay From Swelling To Reduce Bit Balling

Clay-Stop is a concentrated, non-hazardous, proprietary clay inhibitor that can be used with either polymer or bentonite drilling fluid systems.

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ADVANTAGES

  • Greatly reduces clay rings and bit balling
  • Increases returns to the surface
  • Non-hazardous
  • Readily dispersible
  • Reduces pullback pressures
  • Reduces torque

APPLICATION

Clay-Stop is to be used on any size HDD bore. Using Clay-Stop will greatly reduce or eliminate clay cuttings from sticking to each other and to the drilling tools.

MIXING INSTRUCTIONS

Treatment

  • ¼ gallon of Clay-Stop treats 500 gallons of water

Recommended Fluid Formulation For Drilling In Clay (per 500 Gal)

  • 2 LBS Soda Ash

ADDITIONAL NOTES

Clay-Stop should be added to the drilling fluid system last. For sticky and swelling clays use 0.25 to .5 gallon per 500 gallons (2 to 4 liters/4 m3) depending on water sensitivity of the formation.

For maximum effectiveness, Clay-Stop should be used starting with the pilot hole and all reaming and pullback stages. Clays begin swelling and absorbing water immediately upon contact with water starting with the pilot hole. Clay-Stop will eliminate or greatly reduce this problem.

PROPERTIES

Appearance:

Clear to light amber/pale yellow.

Odor:

  Faint amine odor.

Odor threshold:

N/A

pH:

 6.5-8

RECOMMENDED WITH

Velocity Bore Drill Bucket
Velocity Bore Boost Bucket

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MIXING INSTRUCTIONS Each unit below represents the fraction of 1 gallon of product per 500 gallons of water.
Bore Drill Bore Boost Clay Stop Sand Zan Bore Clean Sand Pac
Light Clay ¼ ➕
Heavy Clay ¼ ¼ ➕ ➕
Swelling Clay ¼ ¼ ¼ ➕
Clay & Sand ¼ ➕ ➕ 1 ➕ ½
Loose Sand ½ 1 ½

*Mixing ratios may vary based on local soil conditions and drilling equipment.
➕ = optional additive depending on site-specific needs.

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Product Cross Reference

Velocity M-I Swaco Baroid Cetco Wyo-Ben DMD DCS DrilRite
ClayStop Kla-Gard N/A Clay Cutter Clay Master Clay Star Clay Breaker ClayRite
Bore Clean Platinum DD Con Det Drill Terge Drill-X Star Det Torque Breaker DetRite (Detergent)
BoreBoost N/A Penetrol N/A N/A N/A N/A DetRite 100%
SandPAC Plat. Pac Quick-Trol Rel-Pak Dril-Trol QD Power Pac Flo-Pac PacRite (Pac R or LV)
BoreDrill Poly Plus EZ MUD Insta Vis Plus Wyo-Vis Star Drill N/A PolyRite
Mud Thin Ringfree N/A Super Thin N/A N/A N/A N/A
Borelube N/A EP Mud Lube X-torque Wyo-Lube N/A N/A N/A
SandZan Duo-Vis No-Sag Suspend-It Borzan Power Xan Sandmaster SandRite
MudThin P N/A Aqua-Clear Super Thin Thinz-it Thin Star Ball Buster ThinRite-P
BoreDrill P Poly Plus RD Poly Bore Insta-Vis Wyo-Vis N/A N/A VisRite
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