learn how to roll a joint! for beginner

8/10/2019 Learn How to Roll a Joint! for Beginner

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Perfect for skinning up in awkward situations, the Trembler is speedy,simple, uses only two papers and comes highly recommended.A classic quickie.

Stick two papers together at 45 angel as shown.

Add the mix and the roach. The layout of the papersmakes the Trembler perfect for a cone shapedcreation.

When the rolling the joint, stick down the first paper...

before wetting the second and wrapping it around toseal the smoking end of the joint. Voila!


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An undisputed classic well known to most smokers, the special is easyto roll and tolerates clumsy fingers. Everyone has a favorite way of

rolling the special - This is just one of them.

Stick two papers together with the gum stripsforming a straight line. They should over-lap byabout a fifth of their length.

Stick a third paper to the back of the first two, centeringit in the middle of the number.

Add the mix and the roach, the paper shape suits aslender cone or straight joint.

Roll as normal and enjoy!


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Fly into fantasy on the ax Minster of your dreams! Popular in NorthAfrica, where a cigarette segment is substituted for the roach, the Carpet

is ideal for those that like 'em short and fat.

Stick two papers together to form a square with agummed strip along one side.

Take a third paper and stick it, face down, to the endof the first two.

There is plenty of space for mix so you can trim awayany excess paper.

Roll the joint as normal then twist the end to secure the thirdpaper. Grip that pile and prepare for take-off!


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Joint-smoking often demands a little discretion. If you're in need for aclandestine toke, roll yourself a Secret Agent and remember to stay

downwind.

Stick two papers together to make a square with agummed strip along one side.

Take a cigarette and remove the filter by squeezing atits base and rotating between finger and thumb.Eventually enough of the filter will show for you to pullit out.

Replace the filter with a roach of the same size andshape.

Cut the cigarette in two, as cleanly as possible about1cm from the roach.

Make up a mix to replace the tobacco that was in cut

away and add this to a paper. Form it into shape ofthe cigarette.


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Roll the joint with the 'filter' protruding from the end.

You may need to secure the bogus filter with agummed strip torn from another paper. Rememberthe walls have ears!


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A joint that seems to last forever, the joker is an extra large coneguaranteed to spread a grin from ear-to-ear without straining the fingermuscles.

Stick two papers together with the gummed strips

forming a straight line.

Take a third paper and fold it in two, leaving the gummedstrip on the outside.

Wet the glue and and sandwich the folded paper firmly

between the other two as shown.

Before the glue dries pull the paper out. It should have

left enough glue to stick the others together.

Stick a fourth paper to the lower, righthand edge ofthe joint as shown.


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Add a fifth paper to the end of the joint as shown.

Create a more triangular shape by tearing the fourth

paper diagonally in half. Refolding the papers along the

centre of this triangle will also ease rolling.

To support the extra length use the whole of the forefingers when

rolling. Prepear for top-notch enterainment!


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Three way heaven! Okay, okay, it's fiddly to make but you can use itagain and again. Best of all, it'll hold three of your favorites.

Make a roach the length and diameter of a thickpencil and seal it with papers or tape.

Cut two large, circular holes either side of the roach,

about 3cm from the end.

Make a second roach, half the length of the first andslightly narrower.

Cut the biggest posible hole you can make through thecentre of the second roach.

Join the two roaches by inserting the second tubethrough the hole you made in the first. Rotate thesmaller tube untill the central smoke hole is in line withthe larger tube. If you can see through all the tubesthen you've cracke d it.

Carefully seal the roahes with tape or gummed strips.Keep bandaging untill your sure it's airtight.


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To use the roach simply add your choice of joints tothe protruding ends. Any joints will work altough ithelps if they burn at the same rate. Bingo!


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Guaranteed to impress with it's pyrotechnics, the Backflip makes use of theminimum of paper and is easy-going on the lungs. Prepare for instant kudos or

instant embarrassment, This is a tricky one.

Stick two papers together with the gummed stripforming a straight line.

Take a third paper and fold it in half, leaving the

gummed strip on the outside.

Wet the gum and sandwich the folded paper firmlybetween the other two skins, as shown.

Before the gum dries carefully pull out the third paper.It should leave enough gum behind to stick the othertwo papers together.

Gently 'roast a cigarette over a moving flame until thepapers goes brown. This should 'burn-off' some of the tar

and nicotine.


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Add the mix to the REVERSE of the papers, keeping thegummed strip facing DOWN and AWAY from you.

Roll the joint in reverse with the glue on the OUTSIDE.Seal the joint, leaving the excess paper on the outside.N.B. This takes some practice.

Now for the finale. As soon as you have sealed the joint,light the excess paper at the roach. Hold the joint upright

and let the flame burn away the unwanted paper as ittravels up the joint. If you are lucky the joint should self-ignite. Bud-a-bing! Kudos is yours!


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Once mastered, the joint rolling technique opens a realm of possibilitiesfor weird and wonderful creations. The Diamond is a good place to startand when made with care smokes surprisingly well.

Roll a straight, fat joint with a sturdy roach and carefully cut

it in two using a pair of scissors or a knife.

Roll two identical joints, without roaches and slightly

thinner than the first. Put slightly less mix in their centers

so that you can bend them later on. Consistency isimportant here, the joints must burn at the same rate.

Carefully trim away any excess paper from all four joints,

leaving the mix flush with the paper.

Cut the gummed strips from ten spare papers (the wide

strips from king skins are best) and put to one side.

Now for the tricky bit... Join the two identical joints to the

segment of the first joint containing the roach. Use some of

the gummed strips to bandage the join as shown. It is best to

do this on a flat surface. Keep bandaging until you are

confident everything is airtight and secure.

Very gently, bend the two joints at their centers until they

meet to form a diamond shape.


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Finally, bandage the joint to the remaining at the end of

the diamond, using the gummed strips as before. Pat

yourself on the back, you're officially a diamond geezer!


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An Amsterdam specialty, the tulip is often found (usually half-smoked)in the hands of an unconscious tourist. A good tulip is deceptively

smooth to smoke and easier to roll than it looks.

Make a roach about the length and diameter of apencil and seal it with a couple of large papers.

Take two more large papers and stick them together toform a square with gummed strip running along oneside.

Fold corner Aover to corner Bto form a triangle, leavingthe gummed strip uncovered.

Wet the strip and fold it over to seal the triangle. You shouldnow have something resembling a flatenned paper cone.

Open up the cone and tightly pack it with layers ofcarefully blended mix.

Gently crimp together the excess paper at the end ofthe cone.


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Place the roach in the centre of the cone, using thecrimped paper to hold it in position.

Finally, secure the roach by tying thread around thecrimped paper, (a rubber band works well too) keepingeverything as tight as possible. Blooming tulip-tastic!


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The bigger, balder, bastard brother of the Tulip (try saying that afteryou've smoked one). It takes some effort to roll, but a good nose cone is

a king size chunk of truly cosmic proportions. Lightweights need notapply.

Stick two king-size papers together to form a squarewith a gummed strip running along one side.

Fold corner Aover to corner Bto form a triangle, leaving

the gummed strip uncovered.

Wet the strip and fold it over to seal the triangle. You shouldnow have something resembling a flattened paper cone.

Open up the cone and tightly pack it with layers ofcarefully blended mix.

Take two more kingsize papers and stick them togetherat a 45 angle as shown.

Add loads of mix to the papers, forming it in to the shape ofa cone and use a large, sturdy roach.


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Roll the papers and mix into a big, fat joint with the same enddiameter as the cone you made earlier.

Carefully cut away any excess paper from the fat joint andthe cone leaving the mix flush with the paper. Join the twotogether with gummed strips torn from spare papers.


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A smoke-cooling chamber and multiple joint holder, the Windmill is designedto get you spinning in the breeze. Although it's tricky to make, the holder can

be used time and time again.

Roll a wide cone from a 10cm x 10cm piece of cardboard. Secure it

with tape then trim the end to form a perfect cone.

Seal the cone with large papers, leaving 3cm of excess paper at th

end, as shown.

Carefully make four cross cuts at regular intervals around the end

of the cone.

Make a long, narrow roach, about the length of a pencil, and seal it

with papers or tape.

Cut the roach in half, then remove a section from the centre of each

segment.

Insert the two segments so that the cut-outs are completely inside

the cone and facing it's narrow end. Seal any gaps with tape orgummed strips.


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Seal the end of the windmill with the excess paper, using thread or tape.

To use the windmill, roll the numbers of your choice around the

protruding roaches and enjoy a four-way smoke of quixotic proportions.


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A pure cannabis cigar is perhaps the ultimate joint and a must for therich, famous and well connected. Using exotic, hard-to-get ingredientsthis can be a hard one to get together.

First, find yourself a thai stick, (cured buds tied arounda bamboo sliver) Remove any thread and carefullycoat it with liquid cannabis resin oil.

Wrap the coated stick with small, uncured, 'top' leaves,taking care to remove any stems.

Secure the leaves with thread and coat with more liquidresin. Leave the cigar to dry in a dark, dry and warmplace for a day or so.

Remove the thread and repeat the entire process. Useprogressively larger cannabis leaves until the cigar issuitably fat.

Use large 'sun' leaves to seal the cigar, add a final coatof cannabis resin and secure with more thread.


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Leave the finished cigars to dry. In two to threeweeks it should be ready to smoke.

When drying is complete, remove the thread and carefullypull the bamboo sliver from inside the cigar to create asmoking tube. Store your cigars in a dry air-tight container- the longer you leave them, the better (and stronger) they will get.


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Roaches don't filter the smoke but they do allow it to flow, and smokecondenses in cylinders. A good roach also stops the joint from

dissolving in your mouth or burning your lips when you chase that lastelusive toke.

Here's how to make a good one.

The shape and size of roach is down to personal taste.

Wide roaches can make smoke rough whereas tight ones

tend to clog, so somewhere in the middle is probably

best.

Plain, unprinted card is healthier as some printing inks can emit poisonous

fumes when burnt. An excellent roach can be made from a 2cm by 7cm

strip of thin card. Tightly roll the card at a slight angel so that the endof the roach is conical. Roll your joint with the roach already inside

(conical end facing outward) and let the card spring out a little to allowthe smoke to flow.

Some smoker prefer to insert the roach after making the

joint (I do), Others find that putting the roach in beforerolling is less fiddly and makes for a neater fit and a

speedier roll. Go with what suits you.

Check out the joint pages for some roaches that do more

than just act as mouthpieces.


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Most people reading this will be well practiced the art of rolling a decent,smokeable joint. However, for those with more thumbs than fingers and

a zero rating on the Kudos scale, here are few basic tips

The mix is perhaps the most important part of the joint. Makesure the consistency is even and break-up or remove anylumps or 'woody' bits.

The shape of the finished joint is decided by how youdistribute the mix over the papers. Many of the numbershere are cone-shape. Cones tend to smoke moresmoothly than straight joints, but are slightly harder to ro ll.

Putting the roach in before rolling is recommended and savestime and hassle. You're also more likely to get a perfect fit.

Now for the 'tricky' bit. Pick everything up and start in themiddle, rolling outwards. Let your thumbs do most of thework and give support and pressure with your forefingers.

You should start to feel the mix firming inside the paper.

When you have an even consistency tuck down the facingpaper edge with tips of your thumbs, wrap the excesspaper around the joint, wet the and seal that baby!

The best joints are firm but so tight you have to bust a lungdrawing smoke. Loose joints taste rough, burn too fast andhave a nasty habit of setting light to clothing and furniture.


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Getting the mix right is half the art of joint-rolling. There plenty of scopefor choice but quantity is never a substitute for quality - Don't waste

your lungs on inferior ingredients.

The females flower tops are by far the most potent partof the cannabis plant. Thanks to growers all around the

world there are thousands of strains and varieties - the

quality, strength and nature of which can differ

enormously. This has lead to the rise of the weed'connoisseur' who will say things like: "Oh my, what a

subtle sativa!" or "Talk about 'bouquet' and 'body'. Avoid

these people if you possible can.

Imported bud is often forced-dried and compressed for storage/transit

purposes, this can simply be broken-up and crumbled into the mix. Better

quality bud which has been properly cured and stored is more delicate.

The flower heads should be handled with care to protect the delicateTHC glands. Use sharp scissors to break-up the bud and store theremainder in a cool, dark place. Discard any seeds or stems as they

contain little THC and are harsh to smoke. Fresh bud may develop mould

if stored incorrectly and (painful as it maybe) this should be thrown awayas it can damage the lungs and cause infection.

Bud really needs to be combined with tobacco, leaf or an other herbal

smoking mixture to allow it to 'breath' in the joint. The Hybrid varieties

which are genetically bread for extreme potency should used careful untilthe user is familiar with, and can predict, their effects.

Cannabis leaf is a common ingredient in commercial weed. Ifyou can stand the slightly acrid taste, some leaf, - especially

that from the top of a flowering female plant - can by

surprisingly potent. Only use well-cured leaves and remove

any stems before crumbling them into the mix. The larger

'sun' leaves from around the lower part of the plant are too


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harsh for use in joint-rolling and are best left for the water

pipe.

Hashish comes in many different forms from hard and rocky

Lebanese to soft and oily Nepalese. As with all Cannabis thereis a huge variation in quality. There very best Hashish is made

by rubbing the sticky resin from flowering-tops. Most however,

contains processed plant material and binding agents and the

worst is adulterated with chemicals. Hash is normally heatedwith a flame, crumbled into a powder and then mixed with

tobacco or herbal smoking mixtures. Good Hashish should catchlight and crumble with ease. Alternatively, very soft Hash can

be rolled into thin 'sausages' and placed along the length of the

joint.

Never over-fill joints with Hash, or uses large chunks - it will burn badly

and much will be wasted. A brief spell in the microwave will give you aperfect Hash and tobacco blend.

Genuine resin oil is very hard to come by but, if you can get it, the

real McCoy is incredibly potent. It comes in the form of a black,

brown or transparent oily fluid which is smeared across therolling papers or blended into the mix.

Tobacco is the main ingredient in all joints rolled in Europe.

When used with Hashish or strong bud it allows the cannabis to

burn properly and improves the taste of the smoke. The downside of addiction and respiratory disease have lead increasing

numbers to reject tobacco entirely.

WARNING: THIS SUBSTANCE IS HIGHLY ADDICTIVE!

Legal highs have come a long way in the last few years.

Although claims of effects comparable to the 'real thing' areusually false there are many genuinely psycho-active andtherapeutic herbs which can b e used as ingredients in a


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smoking mix. Legal smoking mixtures can make a good

alternative to tobacco and are the only option for smokersseeking a buzz under cannabis prohibition. There is someevidence that certain herbs can amplify the effects of more

psycho-active substances.

Papers come in all shapes, sizes, colors and designs. Novelties aside, the bestskins are the ones which stick where and when you want them to.

These nothing worse than spending half an hour

on your masterpiece only to have it fall apart at

the crucial moment. Rice or wheat straw are

recommended - the thinner and finer the

better. Most of these designs are based onusing standard size papers but work just as wellwith king size.

Paper never got anyone high so the aim is

always to use as little as possible. Try tearing

your papers down to size. Some judicious

trimming can also make the joint easier to roll.The wider, squarer types of pa per give you

more scope for creating tailor made skins of

different shapes.

If things start go bit pear-shaped the humble

skin can save the day. Gummed strips torn froma spare paper make excellent bandages for

tears, leaks, gaps and other emergencies. The

strips are also ideal for creating joints between

spliffs and roaches.


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