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im kinda new to this an have a a bowl but find it inconvenient to lug it around, but living in southern georgia there are not too many peeps to turn to for advice, SO HOW DO I ROLL A JOINT? how much weed do i put in, a nick? last time a tried the whole joint just caught on fire and burned, what now?
to tell you the truth, i have only tried once, and was in a drunken/high state, which of course ended badly. once you get it, its not hard to do i hear, and this site helps. How to Roll a Joint it'll tell you what you need and then some. how much weed you use is up to you, and slightly depends on the size of your papers.
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its hard to explain rolling in words, its something you have to watch. but here is the advice that changed the rolling world for me. Its all in the tuck. when you make your first roll, if you get your tuck correct then you will roll a correct joint everytime, its when you cant get a roll that the papers just slide around and a loose, badly rolled joint is smoked.
If you're rolling-challenged like myself- I've tried several techniques over the course of about 5 years, and nada- invest in a rolling machine. You can get these at head shops, cigar stores, and some gas stations/7-11s. They are a lifesaver!
my best advice would be to go on to youtube and search for it. There are numerous videos there teaching how to roll anything from a perfect dubey to a cross joint.
yeah, some people find that putting a roach in the end of your joint helps you roll better too. not really my method but it does work for others so maybe try that, it does help it keep a more even roll. and the rolling machines work too, but get a legit one, they are usually still less than 20 i believe, but the little plastic ones are too small and dont work as well. some people practice with rolling tobacco because it has a similar rolling capabilities and if you smoke you get some nice hand rolled cigs. or you could use any ground up leafy thing, the classic fake pot in a bag trick with oregano would work for rolling practice, just dont smoke them. practice practice practice.
i agree the tuck is so important:thumbsup: practice makes perfect, buy some cheep tobacco and use that to practice with.imo thin rolling papers are slighty harder to roll than thick papers, but thin papers are the way to go:jointsmile:Quote:
Originally Posted by jimmy8778
next time you see a well-rolled joint, ask the roller to show you how ... (we're egotistical bastards, love to show off) :D
bah what do you need a roller for? i taught myself how to roll perfectly in 30 minutes, when i 15. you have to sit down with at least a gram and a pack of zags and just try and practice over and over till you get it.
hold the paper as far to the end as you can with either hand. (the paper is purposefully folded and gummed on the correct side) Put as much as you can onto the paper (which is still in your hand) most of my joints are around .8: but your probably going to need more because a lot will fall out during the whole process when you are just beginning to learn. SO, with the weed in/on the paper, pinch the two sides together and start trying to compact the weed into a straight, somewhat tight, line. using your thumbs to roll the papers up and down to shape the joint. o ya the gum is on the far side of the joint. After everything is compacted and not going anywhere, this is when you tuck. take your thumbs and roll the un-gumed end under the other end of the paper, and before you roll it all the way up, lick the gum very lightly and seal that bitch up! Fin.
the gum on most papers is sugar based, which means that if you wet it too much via too much licking/saliva, the sugar will go away, leaving you with no stickyness.
i know this probably didnt help much, this will help
b-real knows his shit...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qhk1D3Ib_38
O ya, dont be retarded and roll your first few times standing up or moving or some shit. sit down at a chest height table, put a magazine underneath where you are trying to roll, and make sure your fingers are not tooo sticky if you break up your own weed. I only say all this because i have met some Stupid ass people in my life, and apparently they didnt think of these things. peace
when i started smoking i had the same problem. many people had tried to teach me, but i seemed doomed to using bowls for the rest of my life. after several years of being completely incapable of rolling a joint, i sat down on a friday night with several packs of papers and a quarter pound of cheap columbian and just started rolling. i'd roll a joint and smoke it, roll a joint and smoke it, roll a joint and smoke it. even though my pitiful attempts would usually start to disintegrate after a few hits, i forced myself to keep on with my seemingly endless task.
by saturday afternoon my technique had markedly improved and, being stoned out of my gourd, i hardly even noticed the cramped fingers and burned nose hairs. people were coming and going through the apartment all weekend and by saturday night i noticed that fewer and fewer of them were bitching about my shoddy rolling abilities, by sunday morning there were even a few folks complimenting me and about mid-day, exhausted and so high i could barely lift the munchies to my mouth, i finally managed to roll the perfect joint.
no matter how many times you see something done, it takes practice to become proficient at any craft and rolling is no exception. i hardly noticed the party that waxed and waned around me over the course of that weekend, i concentrated on little more than rolling and smoking for most of that forty eight hours. when i was finally done, i was left with a huge pile of stems and seeds and the ability to roll a joint no matter how lousy the weed or how stoned i may be.
I've been trying to roll good looking joint since 1967...haven't done it yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by the image reaper
Women usually roll nice J's...the best one I ever saw; was done by a Cajun Queen in New Orleans...:pimp:
They used to sell a mini rolling helper in head shops, and I had one many years ago. I have no clue as to what it was called. It was not a machine, but it had slats of wood attached to each other with string, or cloth, and you would put the almost-finished joint in it to smooth it out. You sort-of wrapped it around the joint and rolled it with your fingers. It resembled a miniature rug, for lack of a better description. Does anybody remember this thing? Wonder what ever happened to them, or if they still make them.
Answering my own post, lol. They're called a "Rolling Mat", and apparently are still being made - but the ones I saw online look bigger than what I remember. Doesn't matter, same idea. They all seem to be made of bamboo.
I vaporize only these days for the 9424678654223340008532122337291003420 benefits over smoking. :thumbsup:
However, once every so often on special occasions I'll bust out my rusty joint rolling skills. I can still roll a fattie in about 1min 30 sec including grind, roll, spark. Fun to bust out a 5 gallon gravity bong or triple diffuser bong I still have every once in a blue moon :hippy::jointsmile:
The true "perfect" joint should be backrolled.
I will post a video within the next 24 hours. :D
^ beat you to it.
YouTube - Daily Smoker - roll a joint - Inside Out
Good video but I prefer no tobacco. I used to smoke cigs many years ago. Horrible habit.
As for the method, I would prefer a spliff. Youtube search for a Bob Marley tour guide smoking a spliff and making the funniest laugh ever lol
:hippy::jointsmile:
One of the simplest and often over looked things that new rollers fail to do is properly clean out your pot. Break up your weed with your fingers or with scissors until it is roughly the consistency of rolling tobacco. Remove all stems, seeds and anything that isn't broken up leaf. This will make both rolling and smoking more enjoyable.
I would follow the suggestion of practice, practice, practice. Try smaller tobacco rolling papers like Tops, Bugler, or OCBs and learn to roll smaller joints with a single paper. If you can master the smaller sizes going bigger won't be a problem. Too many new rollers roll small cigars with a ton of paper on them.:rastasmoke:
"Roll with the Best"...J<>B
make your own bowl. it's going to be the right size and what you want.
I don't mena to go off subject, but well...this is just my 2 cents.
I had never heard of back-rolling until I found this thread. I watched the video and gave it a try this morning. The reduction in paper used made the joint considerably cooler than this pot usually smokes. It was my first attempt, but I will experimenting with this technique in the future.
I've been rolling joints for almost 40yrs and this dog has learned a new trick.
I swear rolling is sooo easy. I will say that I dont know that many people who can roll perfectly. Alot of people roll joints that look good but are to tight and dont hit properly. Alot of people roll ones that are lopsided and uneven so the roll burns unevenly.
Practice with tobacco, learn from youtube, practice, practice, practice! Get used to the paper in your hand etc
its been a while since ive been on here. but if you search this website, a year or 2 ago there was a decent thread about rolling