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Some second hand information - i.e. I have not tried this myself .... I have heard that if you use carbon rods instead of iron/steel, you will not get the brown crud that ends up on the top of the water.
Graphite rules.
Once you go black, you'll never go back. ;-)
No brown sludge and no stopping to clean off or replace crusty anodes since they stay 100% free of any accumulation.
They also last a long time.
About the only downside is that they leave a black film that's just a little worse than you get with iron or steel anodes, but it comes off pretty easily with some Scotchbrite and water.
A couple 1 x 10" graphite rods or 2 x 1 x 10 plates will do a dozen vises.
If you search eBay for graphite plate / rod you'll find plenty of them and they're pretty cheap.