Annoying Sketchbook Paper Texture

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Whenever I tone my paper (when rendering) with pencil on Strathmore 500 series sketchbook paper, I get this annoying texture with these pockets of white throughout my tone when I really just want it to be a solid tone of gray.

Will card stock or bristol board (with vellum finish) fix my issue?

For now, I am actually doing all of my traditional work on plain printer paper since toning the paper on an extremely smooth surface (I'm using glass from a picture frame) tends to MOSTLY do the trick.

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To answer some replies I'm anticipating:

Yes, I can repeatedly go over the same area with my pencil but that offsets my values to be darker and it puts more graphite on the page (which increases shiny-ness).

Yes, I know that charcoal creates dark values without shine. However, I have seen comic book pencillers lay down tones with a drafting pencil without the annoying texture issue as in pic related.

Yes, I know this issue is caused by the "tooth" of the sketchbook paper. I know it can be useful for some things, but I personally don't prefer it for pure pencil works.