8. Fold the plate with the gold in it into a V shape. 9. Pour the gold onto plate #2. You will notice that the dry gold pours off first, and it always leaves a little black residue in the crease of the V in plate #1. 10. Pour the black residue on to plate #3. 11. Repeat by pouring the dry gold that is now on plate #2 onto plate #1. 12.