Do you suck at rolling joints? You needn’t fear, as a result of almost definitely, the vast majority of informal people who smoke fall into the identical class. Laissez les bons temps rouler—French for “Let the great occasions roll”—is at this time’s unofficial mantra.
Mardi Gras—French for “Fats Tuesday”—falls on February 21 this yr, at all times going down on a Tuesday. You will not be heading south to New Orleans or Lafayette, Louisiana, however likelihood is there’s a vacation sale at a close-by dispensary or a cannabis-themed Mardi Gras occasion. There are quite a bit (we checked).
You don’t need to possess the sleight of hand—the roll-and-tuck finger motions of rolling a joint or blunt—to get away with rolling a joint. Reality is, many people don’t possess that talent, even a few of the ones who’ve smoked for years.
Earlier than you graduate onto extra superior joints involving woven licorice papers and twaxxed out suggestions, listed below are just a few hacks to get across the hardest components of rolling a joint.
Excessive Occasions put collectively not one however two beginner hacks for the rolling-impaired. And likelihood is that you just’re gonna be impaired in some kind at this time in the event you’re celebrating Mardi Gras. Plus, you may want some further weed for the hangover.
Earlier than you let your hair down and get your Mardi Gras beads, right here’s some hacks in the event you’re too impaired to roll:
Credit score Card Swipe Hack
The one device you want for this hack is a debit card or a bank card—expired ones are high-quality on this case. I first discovered this trick by watching the host of the TV present Wake and Bake with Dom Brown on @HiptrTV. Dom Brown known as the trick a Life-Changing Joint Rolling Hack. He discovered the trick whereas on tour in California with DJ Jelo, and swears that this hack modified his life eternally. The primary level of this hack is to keep away from the roll-and-tuck step that causes some newbies to mess up.
You’ll want:
Credit score or debit card
Rolling papers
Suggestions
Bud
- Grind Your Bud
Utilizing a four-piece grinder or a mill, grind up your herbs right into a crumbly consistency, however not fairly sawdust powder. It must be floor up high-quality sufficient to not stab and tear the rolling paper, however you additionally don’t need it to fritter away like tinder.
- Make a Paper Canoe
Seize your papers of alternative, take one out, and make a canoe form—first making certain that the gum facet is dealing with upwards, or in the proper place it must be with the intention to seal your joint correctly.
- Seize a Tip
Get a crutch, filter, tip, or no matter else you name the top of your joint that goes into your mouth. You should use cardstock and make a spiral or accordion form, or one thing extra artistic. Place it on the rolling paper canoe. You’ll need to roll it tightly round it to safe.
- Fill the Canoe
Fill the paper together with your floor up bud. You don’t wish to pack it too tightly otherwise you received’t be capable of suck the smoke by. Attempt to make a cylinder form.
- Slide Your Credit score Card
Then use the credit score or debit card to tuck within the outdoors of the paper closest to you, sliding it down the size of the joint to tuck within the paper. As you possibly can see in Dom Brown’s video, the paper will in all probability fold and that’s OK. It makes the roll-and-tuck half a lot simpler, which is de facto the toughest a part of rolling a joint.
- Lick and Seal
The ultimate step is identical as any joint: lick the stick edge and seal. Alternatively, in the event you’re germ-conscious, use a paintbrush with water or a sponge.
Backwards Pencil Joint Hack
Most certainly you’ve heard about utilizing a pen or pencil to roll a joint. Mainly the core of this idea is that you just do it backwards: You make the paper tube earlier than you even put weed inside. Then you definately fill it with floor up bud. The draw back is that it takes a little bit of time and persistence to pack within the weed in a fashion that can burn persistently.
You’ll want:
A pen or pencil
Toothpick or skewer
Rolling papers
Suggestions
Bud
- Grind Your Bud
Utilizing a four-piece grinder or a mill, grind up your herbs right into a crumbly consistency, however not fairly sawdust powder. It must be floor up high-quality sufficient to not stab and tear the rolling paper, however you additionally don’t need it to fritter away like tinder.
- Seize a Tip
Get a crutch, filter, tip, or no matter else you name the top of your joint that goes into your mouth. You should use cardstock and make a spiral or accordion form, or one thing extra artistic.
- Kind a Paper Tube
Place the tip on the finish of the pencil, holding collectively. Roll the rolling paper across the pencil or pen, moist, and seal. You need it to be semi-snug across the crutch however not too tight, otherwise you received’t be capable of pull the pencil out. Pull out the pen or pencil however depart the tip secured.
- Fill the Tube and Pack
First, get a tray beneath your working space, since you’ll in all probability spill numerous ground-up bud. Then slowly fill the paper tube. You’re going to have to make use of a skewer or a toothpick to pack the tube at about each half inch or so. Repeat this course of till the entire tube is crammed.