Try a lower octane pump fuel. The reason your plug is white on the porcelain is its LEAN AT TIME OF IGNITION AT THE SPARK PLUG! It doesn't matter what AFR you give the cylinder in total its the AFR AT THE SPARK PLUG THAT MATTERS. In your case its LEAN, even though the rest of the cylinder can be really rich. Just because your carb meters an AFR of 12.8 that doesn't mean that's what it is through out the cylinder.