Digital BW, The Print

A few weeks ago I posted questions about paper choices. The helpful answers 
I received here and elsewhere led me to try Moab Entrada Natural. I've now 
got a custom profile for color and am using QTR for BW. I like the print 
quality enough to keep working with it until something proves to me that 
it's not the right paper for my pictures.

I'd previously used EEM exclusively. It was cheap for learning purposes and 
allowed me to make some pretty decent prints. It also made me a bit 
complacent about the flaking issue (since it doesn't flake to any worrisome 
degree). That's changed with Entrada and my knee-jerk response to the 
problem would be to look for another less flake-prone paper. But it seems 
to me that so many color and BW printers are using papers that have this 
issue to one degree or another. For some, it seems to be a constant source 
of aggravation, but others seem to live with it worry-free.

I've read about wiping with cotton gloves or tee shirts, blowing off with 
canned air and a couple of similar methods, but so far these don't really 
take care of the problem for me. I'm wondering about those that use 
flake-prone papers routinely. Is there some predictably effective 
techniques you've developed for dealing with the issue?

I keep thinking about those of you printing large prints that might see 
just one or two small white spots appear before the print is coated or 
framed. And that leads me to a second question I almost hesitate to ask. Do 
you ever fill the defect? If so, what are you using and why?

Michael