Choosing Your Materials
It’s really important to use good quality materials for your reefer rituals. Let’s take a look at the things you will need:
1. Rolling Papers
The better the papers, the better your joint will smoke and the fewer unwanted chemicals you will inhale. There are all sorts of good, natural papers on the market so it’s worth trying them out. Some of the best include OCB, Smoking, and Kulu. Rips are also great fun – you can tear these off at any length to get whatever size spliff you want!
Bad papers come far too thick so you take in a lot of carbon, they’re bleached white and often the gum doesn’t stick properly. This gets very frustrating, especially if you’ve already smoked a couple of fat ones!
2. Roach
Roach is used to filter much of the tar and carcinogens as well as stopping you from getting bits of tobacco and weed in your mouth. It also gives a good shape to the joint and makes passing it around much more practical.
Roach can be made from many things that you can find around the house, such as empty papers packets, thick magazine covers, family get-together invitations… As long as it’s thick enough to stay straight once you’ve rolled it and thin enough for a reasonable sized joint end – well, you’ll get the hang of it.
Some professional tokers prefer to buy roach rather than faff around tearing things up all the time. It comes in little ready made books of strips that are just the right size and thickness. Some even come with perforated lines to make them easier to roll. It’s good to know that people get paid to think about the true needs of the toking community!
3. Mixture
If you prepare a decent mix, rolling your joint will be much easier. Take time to remove lumps or sticks if you’re using herb. Aim to get your mix as fine as possible. A grinder is an invaluable tool for regular herb smokers. Grinders crush up your bud so that you’re left with a mix that you can spread evenly into your joint. A grinder is a good, economical investment – you’ll find your weed lasts longer once it’s ground. A pestle and mortar is
another option, or a decent pair of scissors can also suffice.
If you’re using hash, try to crumble it into a fine powder as you put it into your joint. You don’t want large lumps to get in there - they always fall onto your best trousers and burn holes when you’re smoking your joint. These lumps are called hot-rocks. The way your hash crumbles does depend on the type and quality. If you need a hash grinder you can get these at most good head shops.
Tobacco is generally used in joints to aid burning, to make your weed last longer and to stop you getting too wasted too quickly. However, if you’re using weed (not hash) a pure cannabis joint is a total treat.
Related Links:
www.bbc.co.uk - How to roll a cigarette
www.bbc.co.uk - How to make a rolling paper plane
en.wikipedia.org - "Smoking" rolling papers
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