How To Roll A Blunt For The First Time – Step By Step Guide

Make Your First Blunt Using This Step By Step Guide

Rolling a blunt is one of the rituals that you have to master as a stoner. 

Your friends don’t want to smoke a blunt that’s rolled by someone who doesn’t know what they are doing.

Thankfully, learning how to roll a blunt is not the herculean task that many make it out to be. Yes, it is highly unlikely that you will be rolling expert level blunts on your first try, but you will be a step closer.

With patience and a little practice, you can master the art of blunt rolling. 

To help you shorten the journey, we have created a step by step guide of how the experts do it.

Here is a youtube video outlining the steps.

What Is A Blunt?

The cannabis culture is packed with vocabulary. There is a term for everything and every situation. 

While some words can be used interchangeably, nothing shines the spotlight on you like calling a joint a blunt, or a blunt a spliff.

Blunt is one of the common stoner words that have a specific meaning, and using it wrongly among enthusiasts can be a dead give away that you are a newbie, a feeling that most of us want to avoid.

So, what exactly is a blunt?

A blunt is traditionally a cigar that has been emptied of its innards and filled with cannabis. 

It can also be rolled with cigarillos, which are short and narrow cigars usually longer and thicker than cigarettes, and are typically rolled in tobacco leaves or tobacco-based paper.

Joints, on the other hand, are usually rolled in hemp or rice-based papers. However, blunt rolling papers exist too.

Companies and some users have sought to change the blunt culture to tobacco-free wrappers. 

Today, you can waltz into any smoke store and buy hemp-based blunt wraps, with some even being CBD infused. 

Some users still prefer the extra nicotine buzz from the tobacco wrap that precedes the high from cannabis, while some prefer the flavours in cigarillos and other blunt wraps. 

But in the end, it all comes down to personal preference. 

Blunts also hold more weed than joints and are usually longer and thicker. 

Now that you know the difference between a blunt and a joint, it is time to roll a perfect blunt.

How To Roll The Perfect Blunt

Here is a step by step guide that will make your blunt rolling experience easy:

Step 1: Get Your Materials Ready

The first step is gathering all the necessary supplies. They include:

• A clean working space – a tray will suffice or a clean surface to put your materials on 
• Cannabis – get your cannabis strain of choice
• Cigars, cigarillos or blunt wraps (choose hemp-based blunt wraps if you prefer to avoid tobacco)
• Grinder
• Razorblade, knife or a blunt splitter – these may not be necessary but may be helpful 
• Water

The cigar or cigarillo should be fresh because dried out tobacco wraps tend to break easily and may make the rolling experience unpleasant.

Step 2: Prepare Your Cannabis

Breakdown your legal buds into smaller pieces. 

You can use your grinder or hands depending on how fast you want the blunt to burn. 

The grinder breaks down the bud into smaller even pieces that burn evenly and also a little quicker.

Using your hands is often preferred if you want the blunt to burn a little slower. 

The blunt wrap is usually thicker and burns slower than joint wraps, so if you grind the weed, it may burn a bit faster compared to the wrap.

Step 3: Split Open The Cigar

If you have an empty wrap, you can skip this step. 

However, if you are using a cigar or a cigarillo, you have to cut it open so you can refill it with weed. 

The best way to do this is to cut the cigar on one side along the length.

You can use a razor blade or a sharp knife for this. Some may prefer using a blunt splitter – in that case, all you have to do is push the blunt through, and you will have a clean split.

You can also do this by hand, but you have to be careful so that you can break the wrap apart without cracking it.

Once you are done splitting the cigar, remove all the tobacco to make room for your weed. You can keep the tobacco for later consumption or dump it.

Step 4: Moisten The Wrap

Most cigar wraps are dry, which makes them susceptible to breaking. To make the wrap flexible and easier to work with, you have to moisten the wrapper.

This is easily done with some saliva, just lightly lick the entire wrap. If you don’t like using saliva, you can use a little bit of water. Use the tip of your finger and apply some water on the wrap’s surface.

Whatever you do, don’t get the wrap soaking wet as it may disintegrate. Also, no one likes a soggy blunt.

Step 5: Load It Up

Fill the empty wrap with your ground or crushed weed. 

All you have to do is lay the wrap down and open it up a bit, then distribute the weed along its entire length. 

A blunt will fit more weed than a joint. Most cigar wrappers will maintain a U shape, so ensure you pack your weed in firmly. 

Remember not to overfill it as you will need space to tuck and roll it.

Step 6: Blunt Rolling

Pick up the wrap loaded with the weed and place it in both hands in such a way that the wrap is forming a U shape, and the marijuana is sitting at the bottom of the trough.

Carefully roll the cannabis between your hands to evenly pack it. If the wrap does not have enough moisture, it may crack. 

The rolling will shape your blunt into a cylinder shape and even out its thickness. 

Roll until you are satisfied with the shape and uniformity of the weed.

Step 7: Tuck

When you are satisfied with the shape, bring one edge of the wrap (preferably the one close to you) over the weed and tuck it under the other side. This should completely encase the weed. 

Ensure there are no exposed contents before proceeding.

Step 8: Seal The Blunt

Hold the outer edge of the wrap, lick it lightly along its entire length to dampen it, and then press it down on top of the tucked edge of the wrap. 

The moist edge should stick to the tucked edge sealing the blunt shut.

Step 9: Bake The Blunt

Spark your lighter and run it along the seam and around the blunt to dry it, and help it seal so that it doesn’t fall apart when smoking. 

The lighter dries up the tobacco wrap and encourages an even burn.

Ensure you only heat the blunt and not burn it. So don’t hold the flame too close or for too long at any one point.

Step 10: Enjoy Your Blunt

Congratulations, you have just learned how to roll a blunt. All you have to do now is to light it up and enjoy it with some friends.

The Perfect Blunt Rolling Experience

Learning how to roll a blunt is not as hard as most people think it is. 

However, practice is required until you are comfortable and eventually master this stoner ritual. 

Blunts burn a little slower and hold more cannabis than joints. This makes them the perfect option for parties and long smoking sessions with friends. Enjoy!