How to Roll?

[Ms Almenjoi]

ummm im a shitty roller....is there a technique i can use or somethin cuz wen i roll my blunt always tear up or it will be to skinny...do i breakdown to much or wat?? pleaz help

[ChronicMike]

I always use a razor, gets a perfect cut everytime.

but if your 18 and have access to a smoke shop then buy a blunt splitter, its probley the best smoking invention ever...just a small plastic tube that you slide through and cuts the blunt perfect.

also heres some tips- go to www.concept420.com and check out the how to section about joint/blunt rolling, i hoped that helped ;)

[Solistus]

It depends largely on what kind of cigar you're using, but general tips:

-Be sure to get the leaf (or both leaves if applicable) very moist; dry leaves tend to break very easily.

-Remove any stems from the ground bud. Sometimes, a tiny bit of stem that was attached to a bud will come out of the grinder sharp. These little things love to tear your paper/leaf.

-If it's too skinny, add more pot! There's no other (good) way to make a blunt fatter, except perhaps making it shorter.

When are you tearing them? I could give you specific pointers about splitting the leaf, rolling the inner leaf, or whatever else is giving you trouble.

[smokin dope]

well for joints, my technique is grab a paper, toss in soem fire, and line the paper up to the other side of it, and roll the two sides of paper in between your fingers, youll get the hang of it, but roll that nice and tight but not too extreme, then roll/fold over, lick and i usually do a nice lttle twirl in my fingers to make it nice and perfect.

for blunts, grab a phillie, swisher, or any form of blunt, lick that hoe up nice, but not too wet, either use your finger nail/thumb nail or a blade, knife, something sharp and split her open. grab your bud, throw it in, this is a little diff then a joint, but what i do is lightly start rolling one half in the joint technique, pushing down any weed that tryes to get out the top, lick and seal, and then i usaully give it a good lick, and slowly light the entire blunt to dry it out a little, or another good one is put it in a microwave for about 10 seconds, but watch it, dont go over 10, and that seals it up amazingly/.

if you read this, try it out, im glad i could help, i love rollin

[Ms Almenjoi]

well i usally use swisher sweets or i would u blunt paper......well i jus go down the cig and pull it apart..its an ugly tear and the leaf starts to break off....and wen i use a razor it does the same thing...its like i start to cut it ..i go down den the razor gets stuck..den i start from the top again...until im finish...and i dont use a grinder i jus breakdown with my fingers....and another thing ive been told the steams are the best

[spliffstar22]

You gotta take time with it. It takes practice. Your not gonna just pick it up in a day. I remember my blunts were decent, but not that tight, nice long smoking blunts. Now I crack and roll a blunt in like 2min flat. just go down with the razor quick and easy. Don't go slow, go fast with it, than roll. Or just grab a blunt wrap if you don't wanna try that....

[Solistus]

I recommend trying a Dutchmaster (honey if you can find it). I have much better luck with dutches than swishers, typically. I tend to avoid phillies; they burn too fast.

[KillerDemo]

also make sure the dank is broken up very fine because its hard to roll when there are big pieces.

[orangeman]

ummm im a shitty roller....is there a technique i can use or somethin cuz wen i roll my blunt always tear up or it will be to skinny...do i breakdown to much or wat?? pleaz help

Well first off you arent suppose to break every nug down completely until it's sawdust when your rollin a blunt. You break it down half way, leave the buds to be just a bit small, probably the size of this O and dont try to roll the whole blunt in one time..you have to roll one side first, lick it down so it'll stick and tuck the other side and roll it upwards and stick that part also and you've got your blunt :).

[notech]

Well.. Plenty of good tips from helpful members there. . . .
Always remember that practice makes perfect. . . .
And best of luck with future rolling. . . . :thumbsup:

[kid rediculous]

i roll my blunts a little differently. i usually roll with dutches and i dont crack it down the middle, i lick it really well and then find where the outer leaf ends on the rounded part of the blunt. then i very carefully unroll the outer leaf and im just left with the inner paper. then i take off the cancer paper (the peice of paper around the rounded tip), split it down the glue line and empty the guts out. then i rip the glue strip off and put the weed in, broken up pretty well but not too much, and roll the inner paper around it like a joint. when that is rolled i lay out the outer leaf on a flat surface and roll it around the inner paper. ive been told that this is the wrong way to roll a blunt but i feel that you have more control over how it pulls when you roll it this way. its a little more complicated but once you learn how to do it its actually pretty easy. i can usually roll a nice blunt like this between 2 and 3 minutes.

[O. G. ganja smoker]

break up bud, better in a grinder put it on the paper grab blunt with both hands pinch it between ur middle and thumb, line up the top edges roll back and forth to fill it evenly if its falling out push a lil bud back tward the center with pointer finger roll it down so that the part that is away from u that ur licking is more higher but be carful to have the bottom top fully cratiling bud and justs kinda tuck it dow under the top peace press a lil along the tuck to press the fluffy ness down so itll be tight but not too tight! lick the top and fold it over. thats my technique and i roll skill full over packed blunts all the time:D

[Peach.Optimo.Bluntz]

for zig zags i make sure my fingers are a bit moist, that way they grip the paper when i have to tuck and roll.

[Hollandica]

You break it down half way, leave the buds to be just a bit small, probably the size of this O and dont try to roll the whole blunt in one time..

Naw man that O is way too big, I'd say o or maybe even ., but o is great

[smokin dope]

ive been rollin swishers and phillies for only god knows ow long, but i saw dutch masters in the store a few weeks ago, and i gotr everyone hooked. they burn slow but the problem ive seen is, they tend to run alot. but they smoke alot slower for some reason

[slpntrx5]

I always use blunt wraps. They're alot easier for me to roll for some reason...plus they taste REALLY AWESOME! Really enhances the smoking session for me...I just roll it up like i would a fat joint. Always works out for me! haha

[Nullific]

I despise blunt wraps, Royals always either came dry and cracked or soggy as hell and easily teared. Even if you got a decent one they might be easier to roll but burn too fast and always tasted like shit to me no matter the 'flavor'. It is possible this is because I am not a cigarette smoker and I'd bet anything the wraps are made from the shittiest parts of the plant.
Dutches, especially honey, I find to taste sweet and indisputably burn smoother and longer when rolled to perfection. My only complaint is that sometimes when you get the outer leaf off there are multiple horizontal fractures or devastating circumferential fractures on the inner wrap, cigars inevitably age and dry out. Experienced rollers can work around these obstacles and utilization of the outer leaf can still yeild a perfect, enduring blunt.
When it comes to what is being rolled with what it's all down to personal preference. Meticulous as it is I wont roll with anything but a Dutch Masters or similar type cigar. Considering the amount of precious cannabis I'll be using in my blunts I want it to last and in my experience wraps just don't cut it.
The only way to perfect your rolling skills is practice, watching others roll may give you a general idea but everyone has a different style.

[notrightquite]

I use Blunt Wrap brand blunt wraps ... I find them a thousand times easier to roll than a joint, and ten times more efficient. Burns the weed slow and even until it's white and then moves up. Each one lasts hours or minutes, depending on how you're hitting it. I just love them.

[orangeman]

Naw man that O is way too big, I'd say o or maybe even ., but o is great

Nope, I break my buds down to the O that I sized up in my post, I'm getting two Swishers tommorow and hopefully a quarter, I'll post pics of weed and cigarillo unbroken, split cigar, broken down weed, then the final product and show you how we do :D.

I only break my weed down to a lower case o like the one you showed when I'm rolling a zigzag.