ARKMaple
Tell us more about your setup. Is the Orlon filter hanging in free air or in some kind of enclosure? Did you preheat it or not? Are you inside or out where it is cold?

In my experience, the secret to successful filtering is to pre-steam the filter to get it moist and hot, then to filter such that the outside surface of the filter does not cool. It's the cooling of the outside that slows the flow. I use a filter canner (BEST money ever spent on maple, and I've spent plenty) By keeping the filter inside the closed canister, the steam from the filtered syrup keeps the filter hot both inside and out. I can filter 3 or 4 x 15l batches with one Orlon, rinsing out the pre-filters between batches. Use 3-4 pre filters and collapse them down once the flow slows to dump the syrup into the next one. Lift them out and rinse them well between batches.

No stirring, no squeezing, and never wring out a filter. If you want to save any sweet left after filtering, rinse in a pail of sap and dump that into your next batch.