Originally Posted by Grambi
This (the tutorial) is the way I was taught. Sometimes it resists going that way, but I usually can coax it to swirl like in the picture. Sometimes I just want to get out the hammer--heard that this is a solution that some people have used in the past.
I suggested that to someone before. Beat it with a rubber mallet until it behaves-if you can't get it to lie flat enough due to bulkiness.