I rub out my flakes unless I'm in a hurry or I don't have a little bowl or something to catch the rubbings. In those cases, I'll roll the flake into little balls and place them in the bowl. Back when I was a teenager, there weren't many places to learn about flakes and how to smoke them, so I was always puzzled. I had the stuff part of it down but didn't know how to fold it. I didn't realize you could rub out the flake and then smoke it.