How to grind your weed without a grinder

How to grind your weed without a grinder

How to become a MacGyver of reefer.

If you don’t have the money (weed prices are already quite high for most) to buy some vape pens for weed you have to become a MacGyver. Have you ever found yourself without a grinding apparatus when preparing a joint and wondered, “How TF will I pull this off? Using your fingers is a sticky icky mess. Here are some tips and tricks to use what you may have at home to your advantage. So let’s get grinding.

How To Grind Your Weed Without a Grinder – Pill Bottle Trick

The first trick is to find a clean pill bottle and clean the coin with alcohol or hand sanitizer. Then, what you do is place the weed in the bottle, not too much, a little less than half. Insert the coin and place the lid on it, and start to shake that sucker.

The coin will make a slightly irritating noise but it’s worth it. The coin acts as a grinder within the pill bottle as you shake it. After a few minutes you have chopped herb. Light up and enjoy.

How To Grind Your Weed Without a Grinder – The Chopping Trick

Go into the kitchen and get out your cutting board and the sharpest cutting knife you have. Yes, my friend, we’re going to test our chef skills, well, we could lose a finger, or two.

So I would advise that if you’re not that good with a knife please find someone who is and pass the knife and the task over to them.

Ok, here we go, so you lay the head of cannabis down pinch it with your fingers. Then proceed to carefully chop it away from your fingers. Like you would an onion.

Take your time, never leaving sight of the blade or exposing your fingers. Do this until your judgment tells you the weed is now a smokeable size.

How To Grind Your Weed Without a Grinder – Coffee Grinder Trick

If you’re in a real hurry and you have a hand held coffee grinder close by, that could work too. So here’s what you do. Clean out all the little sticks, twigs and seed, make sure that you get them all because if you don’t, trust me, your weed will taste like seeds.

Ok, so you cleaned out all the non-smokeables and added the weed to the grinder. Don’t add too much because you don’t want to break it, remember it wasn’t made to handle that consistency.

Now,  start twisting the grinder, it will resist but after a few twists it will play along. Open, flip it over on some paper and be sure to get as much as you can, salvage and enjoy.

How To Grind Your Weed Without a Grinder – The Scissors Shot-Glass Trick

The next tip is the basic and commonly used in the smoking circles, yes, you’ve guessed it the scissor and the shot glass. It’s not such a difficult thing to do but can be a bit tedious at times. For those who have done it know the worst part is trying to cut the heads in a shot glass which can take some time.

Add the bud into the shot glass and go at it with the scissors. Snip, snip, snip! Try to use a scissor with a sharp point otherwise, it will be a frustrating job. Finally, you light one up and all is good in the world.

Hope this info helps the newbie or the avid, adventurous weed smoker better his weed skills. Peace. Oh, before I forget, be sure to follow us on Facebook for more amazing cannabis content like our how long does a dab stay in your system article or the Marijuana names one!