I have been doing mostly HP soap; some CP every once in awhile. Lately though, when I do CP the soap ash is horrible on my soap tops. I made a Patchouli soap and I have noticed from the second day that it had soap ash galore. It has been 4 weeks now and the soap ash is ugly. So yesterday I ran it through some water and let it dry. Soap ash is gone and the soap looks good. But why is the soap ash so bad. I have done CP before but these last few batches have be bad? I was wondering if having a wood mold have anything to do with it? I say that because I noticed overheating, cracked tops. Here is the before and after shots.