Smoking Indoors? Don't get caught! (Tips inside)

[Canuck Wisdom]

Alright, lets put together some knowledge here and bring to light the best methods for smoking indoors or out a window without being detected by parents or other authorities such as college dons.

Many of us are or have been in the situation where we cannot be detected smoking, but have reason to want to stay inside (like right now when its twenty degreees below zero outside). There are different methods and I want to see the very best come to light here, tried and tested over years of sneaking around.

I'll start.

The Blowee: Take a water bottle (or cardboard tube, which wont last as long, but absorbs moisture rather then collecting it like the bottle) and cut off the bottom few inches of it. Stuff the thing with as much dryer sheets as is reasonable and bend the cut end in, heating it with a lighter and sealing it so that the sheets wont slide out but you still have space for the smoke to escape when you blow. With the bottle you also have a nice mouthpiece from which to blow your smoke through and get fresh laundry scented smoke.

Please DO NOT breath in through the dryer sheets, for everything that is holy, please. I know some folks who do this and it just digusts me, because I've done it by accident and it can burn.

Be careful though using the blowee and dont forget about smoke escaping from your bowl. And it doesn't do anything for joints.

Diagrams are encouraged. I'll be filtering through unnecessary posts.

[moldyorangepeel]

If the air flows into your room then nobody outside will be able to smell it (exceptions apply for buildings where temperature is contolled by air).

If you are unfortunate enough to have the draft blow to the hallway, you might be able to change that. Find out which window has the strongest outward draft.

Once you have checked all of the windows to find out which window is currently having the strongest outward air current, use that window to smoke near. This has to be done in combination with making sure the air under your door is moving the right direction, or else your room may be unsuitable for stealth smoking.

I tape a piece of paper to the bottom of my door so that I can see the direction of the air flow in an instant.

Just remember that you should have the direction of the air moving into your room, and out the window. A fan in the window could be helpful in some places, but it won't eradicate the smell entirely.

[Epic]

Simply having a roll of packaging tape (the wide, clear tape) laying around could help you. Its hardly a job to use 4 pieces to cover the cracks on a door. This wouldn't be good if anyone were to try to open the door.

Another thing you could do is blow hits into a balloon; if you have the lung power. You can pop/let the air out of them outside a window. You could also leave them sit for 30 minutes or an hour so that the smoke dissipates from inside. Though it will still smell like shit after, its not as bad.

If your smoking from a bowl or a bong you can use the bottom of your lighter to put out the bowl just as your finishing your hit, but still sucking so virtually none of the smoke escapes.

When your really desperate you can blow hits into a deep freeze. As long as no one is going in it for a while, the smell goes away. I used to do this later at night(12-1), by morning (8 am) it was fine. Seems kinda risky but I've tested and done this a lot.

Somewhere on this site are instructions on how to make a device that traps the smoke from the end of a joint. If I recall correctly it was made from a film cannister.

These are just a few of my suggestions. Everyone's situation is different.

Also, a piece of gum/a mint/toothpaste/something to get the odor out of your mouth is essential. Even if you have something to snack on for a bit after you smoke helps.


Oh and one more thing I want to mention is the so called 'hawaiian hotbox' aka smoking in the shower. Everyone says how no one can smell it and whatnot, but i've tried it before when no one was home. Got the shower nice and hot, had the fan on. But when the room is really humid and all steamed up, you blow out a hit and you can almost see the smoke lingering in the air. It doesn't smell as bad but you can still smell it after. I don't know if I did something wrong, because I see all these people posting about how they do it in their parents bathroom all the time and never get caught. Anyways.. Long post so i'll cut it off lol

[Canuck Wisdom]

Right ^ I meant to mention that its a good idea to have a wide flat surface you can use to cover a bowl before you stop inhaling so smoke doesn't escape into the room. Thats key.

A watch, hand grinder, bottom of a bic or side of a butane, calous thumb, quarter, etc.


And the smoke mingling with the steam from a shower wil help it be carried out an open window. It doesn't do anything special if the window is closed and your 'hotboxing'.

[dankasoarous07]

if you have a fan for your bathroom smoke in your bathroom and spray some oust febreeze ect. smoke gets out in about 10 minutes this is the method i use when parents are upstairs. if smoke dosnt clear in 10 or less turn on your shower to burning water and leave the fan on.
i hope this helps

[shelbert008]

if i have to keep the smell down this is what i do. i smoke in the bathroom with the fan on, and use a waterfall gravity bong. no smoke escapes into the air if you do it right, and then you blow it into a toiletpaper roll with dryer sheets stuffed. one hit and your done

[Token Smoker]

How can I smoke a joint with less smoke escaping?
Contributed By anaujiram

this little gizmo relies on the same principle as the fabric softener tube. using a fabric softener tube with a joint is pointless, because half the joint burns while you're not inhaling, smoking up the room. this device traps the smoke, keeping the whole session much less pungent.

Materials:

2 film canisters (preferably the black ones with the grey lids)
1 of the lids
1 pen tube to use as a mouthpiece
glue (I used superglue)
tissues
2 rubber bands
Step 1: Look at the bottom of one of the canisters. Cut a hole with a diameter of a little more than 1/2 inch in the center of the bottom.

Step 2: take the OTHER canister and cut squares in the sides so that there are like 1/4 inch strips of plastic left holding the bottom to the top. the cutout squares should go almost all the way from the top to the bottom.

Step 3: Glue the bottom of the FIRST canister to the top of the SECOND canister. You should have one continuous tube about 4 1/2 inches long.

Note: When the glue is dry, you should wash the thing out for a few minutes. Make sure you don't use water soluble glue.

Step 4: take the lid and cut a hole with a diameter slightly less than that of the mouthpiece right in the center of it. next, jam the mouthpiece into that. It should be a tight fit, giving you an airtight seal.

Step 5: take a tissue and fold it in half. wrap it around the canisters so that it covers the holes you cut in the second canister. secure the tissues with the rubber bands.

Your finished product should look like the stuff in the attached picture, except that I forgot to put the tissue on for the photo.



When you're ready to light up, stick the mouth-end of the joint into the mouthpiece so that it will go inside the canisters when you put the lid on. Light the joint and put the lid on. The tissue around the cut out squares keeps smoke from getting out, but lets air get in when you take a hit.

I don't think there's anything else left to say, but if if I left something off, or there's something you don't get, or you have a modification to make it work better, post it!

Oh, and REMEMBER, there is no point in making this unless you ALSO use the fabric softener tube. My device only traps the smoke from the joint itself.

Have fun!

Edit: Sorry Anaujiram, I couldn't get the pictures to come with this, so if you want to repost it, I'll delete this one. (To anyone who wants to get the pictures, its in FAQ IM)

[~LegalizeIt~]

^ omg... That sounds so crazy it just might work. All i really need to do is blow the smoke out a window right? nice, did you think of this or what?..

[Charley Phogg]

If you have a microwave in your room, making popcorn covers up the smell amazingly. And I'm sure it's been mentioned, but put a blanket/towel at the bottom of the door. Burn some incense and use a dryer-sheet tube and crack a window, a fan if you can. That's seems like more than enough.

[madvandl]

if your in college just go in the bathroom the toilet should be a highpowered sucker that looks like it could rip your intestines out...anyway just take a hit and blow it in the toilet when you flush it it sucks it right down its a pain in the ass to do every hit but hell if its below zero its better then freezin ohh and jus for the hell of it you may as well take some sprey too

[Canuck Wisdom]

Originally Posted by Canuck Wisdom

I just blew a hit into the smoke detector in my room and nothing happened.

Originally Posted by Captain Cannabis

change the battery

Okay so I tried it again just now, perhaps my first hit wasn't chunky enough. It most definitly went off this time. But I had to blow it directly into the hole with a big hit. The other time was still right at it and it didn't go off. No biggy unless its right where your smoking or your hotboxing a room, which you wouldn't do if your worried about getting caught anyways.

[suburbanlights]

What I ususally do is roll up a blanket or towel and put it at the bottom of the door to prevent smoke escaping...

I also spray a shitload of febreeze air freshener around the door to mask the smell...

Of course, I use the blowee thing, with a water bottle and fabric softener sheets..

[tokinballer]

www.zeroodor.com FTW

[chia123]

it says it gets smell outta cars and stuff.

i think thats more for like when you have the smell in cloth and shit.

[anaujiram]

Token smoker, I came up with this non plastic involving version of the same thing shortly after that one was put in the faq.

Ok, after getting some flak about using a plastic tube, I came up with this alternative. It is a bit harder to make than the film canister version, but this one just exposes the smoke to paper and metal.

Materials:

1 empty toilet paper tube
a few sheets of paper (depends on thickness of paper)
flat cardboard
metal tube the same width as your usual joint (I used a trumpet mouthpiece)
scotch tape
glue stick
scissors
pencil
rubber band
tissue
rubber band
x-acto knife

Step 1: Cut one or 2 pieces of paper into strips about 1 inch in width. Wrap one strip around the TP tube and tape the strip to itself once you finish wrapping it around. This should wrapped around tight enough that you can't really see any space in between it and the TP tube, but it should still slide along the tube. Now, take another strip and tape one end of it to the previous strip. Wrap this around the first strip and tape it to itself when it is all the way wrapped around. Continue wrapping strips around each other until you have a band of strips like 1/8th of an inch thick. The TP tube should nest perfectly inside of the paper band.

IMPORTANT!!! The paper band should have one end on which all the strips are lined up perfectly. Just make sure of this. You will see why it is important in a minute.

Step 2: Take the paper band off of the TP tube and trace one end of the TP tube onto the cardboard. Cut the traced circle out of the cardboard with the x-acto knife. If you did this perfectly, it will have the exact same diameter as the TP tube and will fit inside the paper band. Now trace another circle around the paper band onto the cardboard and cut this one out as well. If you did this perfectly, this one will have the same diameter as the paper band.

Step 3: Find the center of both cardboard circles. Cut a hole in the center of both circles. The hole should have a diameter slightly less than that of the metal tube. Slide the bigger cardboard circle about halfway down the metal tube. Next, slide the smaller cardboard circle onto the metal tube also, so that there is about 1/4 inch between it and the bigger circle.

Step 4: Using the glue stick, put glue around the edge of the smaller cardboard circle. Next, put glue on the end of the paper band that has all the strips lined up perfectly. Now we come to the hardest part. You should have the metal tube going through both cardboard circles. Take it and put it into the paper band so that the smaller cardboard circle is about 1/4 inch into it. That should be as far as you can go, because the bigger circle will be stopped be the paper tube. Make sure both the circles lie flat.

Note: When both of them lie flat and are glued into place, there is a double seal so that smoke can't escape. I know that last step was pretty damn confusing, so if you didn't get it, post your question.

If you managed to follow my insanely complicated instructions, you now have the thing that I am holding in the first 2 pics. Now slide the TP tube into that and put a tissue over the other end and you have the finished product. Take a look at the pictures to see what it should look like.

When you are ready to light up, put the mouth end of the joint into the end of the metal tube so that when you put the pieces together, it will be fully trapped in the tube.

PS: I highly recommend getting a trumpet mouthpiece because not only can they be used for this, but also as part of a homemade bong. They go for about 10 bucks on eBay. Any metal tube will do though.

Happy Smoking!

Of course, I find that just leaning all the way out the window with the drapes behind me works fine.

[Canuck Wisdom]

Originally Posted by anaujiram

Of course, I find that just leaning all the way out the window with the drapes behind me works fine.

Thats what I usually do when I'm with my parents, because the window accomodates it well.

[Smoke Break]

Wow, if only the god's of marijuana heaven would have sent me here earlier. I got kicked out of my dorm because of smoking. That's how I bumped across this place.

[Deimos]

for dorms.

I'd say a key factor to any indoor smoking endeavor is Febreze air effects. It's febreze for the air for fuck's sake. I was never caught in the dorms once, pretty much thanks to febreze air effects.

Special thanks go to:
controlled air flow via a window box fan,
and either a fan by the door pointed at the window to control the air or a towel.
and of course a zoob tube.

if desperation hits, put duct tape over every crack on the door to make a permanent air tight buffer. It'll be noisy and weird when you open it but it makes your room air tight.

always check the air flow from the door with a lighter before the smoking commences. Flow is vital. If all the air is being sucked into the hall, there's no point in even trying.