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Chamba
If you are not using a quality grinder then you are either wasting resin and or not getting a perfectly uniform grind.
Grinders don't actually "grind" but pull the bud apart and will definitely deliver the perfect grind with the minimum of resin loss and any resin that does stick to the pins is retrievable, ...if your bud is a little over dry then simply give it only two turns instead of three or four.
I've used the same wooden grinder for years now, it's a square shaped rosewood grinder, it cost twice as much as the others but it's quality that lasts....the stainless steel pins are semi-self cleaning and the resin build up on the two halves can be easily scraped off with the right blade, every few months or so you use sandpaper to remove hard to scrape of resin and your wood grinder will work like new. It's also worth mentioning that some people gunk up their grinders almost daily and get to hate them..while other hardly have to clean them weekly, the main reason is how to use them properly, so many people don't. Each grinder has a female and a male half, make sure that the bud is inside the male half and not hanging over the edge of the grinder and the female is on top when rotating it, this will definitely minimize resin build up and you'll only have to clean it a few times per month for heavy smokers.
Crushing bud with your fingers is fast and works too, but the problem is that you are smudging the best trichomes on your fingers, I'd rather smoke them instead of wasting them and as has been mentioned before, with many types of bud, your fingers can become very sticky and that makes rolling jays difficult.
Scissors are good when the bud is a little too damp than ideal...but the problem is that scissors crush and squash the bud as well as cut it (while grinders fluff up the bud when it's grinded) and if there are any small stems in the bud, these get cut up while with a herb grinder, these small stems are separated during grinding and then can easily be picked out from the ground up herb before rolling or packing in a bowl...if you carefully remove every single piece of stem (and leaf) before grinding, your smoke will taste better. If you are going to use scissors then get yourself some with very thin, fine, pointy sharp blades as big chunky blades tend to remove lots more resin that gets stuck to the blades and they crush and squash the bud. And whether you are using a grinder or scissors, make sure it has stainless steel pins or blades to minimize resin loss and build up. Many cheap grinders have brass pins which are not as smooth as stainless steel so get gunked up with resin much faster...most cheap grinders have crappy stiff action that just gets worse with use, a quality grinder should have a perfect, free turning action, to test it, hold one half and spin the top one, a quality made grinder will spin freely, a crappy one will not.
I usually remove the large stems before grinding and then grind up chunks of budettes for a perfect blend every time,
anyway, gotta go and get back to the grind!
Grinders don't actually "grind" but pull the bud apart and will definitely deliver the perfect grind with the minimum of resin loss and any resin that does stick to the pins is retrievable, ...if your bud is a little over dry then simply give it only two turns instead of three or four.
I've used the same wooden grinder for years now, it's a square shaped rosewood grinder, it cost twice as much as the others but it's quality that lasts....the stainless steel pins are semi-self cleaning and the resin build up on the two halves can be easily scraped off with the right blade, every few months or so you use sandpaper to remove hard to scrape of resin and your wood grinder will work like new. It's also worth mentioning that some people gunk up their grinders almost daily and get to hate them..while other hardly have to clean them weekly, the main reason is how to use them properly, so many people don't. Each grinder has a female and a male half, make sure that the bud is inside the male half and not hanging over the edge of the grinder and the female is on top when rotating it, this will definitely minimize resin build up and you'll only have to clean it a few times per month for heavy smokers.
Crushing bud with your fingers is fast and works too, but the problem is that you are smudging the best trichomes on your fingers, I'd rather smoke them instead of wasting them and as has been mentioned before, with many types of bud, your fingers can become very sticky and that makes rolling jays difficult.
Scissors are good when the bud is a little too damp than ideal...but the problem is that scissors crush and squash the bud as well as cut it (while grinders fluff up the bud when it's grinded) and if there are any small stems in the bud, these get cut up while with a herb grinder, these small stems are separated during grinding and then can easily be picked out from the ground up herb before rolling or packing in a bowl...if you carefully remove every single piece of stem (and leaf) before grinding, your smoke will taste better. If you are going to use scissors then get yourself some with very thin, fine, pointy sharp blades as big chunky blades tend to remove lots more resin that gets stuck to the blades and they crush and squash the bud. And whether you are using a grinder or scissors, make sure it has stainless steel pins or blades to minimize resin loss and build up. Many cheap grinders have brass pins which are not as smooth as stainless steel so get gunked up with resin much faster...most cheap grinders have crappy stiff action that just gets worse with use, a quality grinder should have a perfect, free turning action, to test it, hold one half and spin the top one, a quality made grinder will spin freely, a crappy one will not.
I usually remove the large stems before grinding and then grind up chunks of budettes for a perfect blend every time,
anyway, gotta go and get back to the grind!
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