To Burn or Not to Burn, that is the question

Hey Folks,
New meat here!
I just received a Hellvape Fat Rabbit Solo 2 and built it with the included coil. Not sure what alloy it is so I ordered a roll of 28-28/32 316L SS clapton wire for future coil builds. My theory on wire is I don't want any wire that contains aluminum in its alloy. It's been proven that aluminum oxide leads to alzhiemers. I suffer from CRS as it is, no need to make it worse.
OK, enough of that!
I built a coil out of the SS and did the burn like I saw on youboob vids and my thought is it burns the wire too much, turns it black. I do some SS welding with a mig and after running a bead the end of the wire is almost crystalline from the intense heat.
I've been vaping for about ten years now running atomizers with replaceable coils, just retired a Zeus. I always buy the SS wire or mesh coils and I'm pretty sure they don't preheat those coils. I know they don't preheat the wire coils because you can see the shiny wire down inside.

I figured out a way to rebuild those coils but it requires machining the inner coil housing after you get it out then cleaning the coil and wrapping with cotton and pressing all back together, labor intensive PITA and sometimes it's hit and miss with the rebuild. One thing I've noticed on the more successful rebuilds is they never last as long as the original build and I wonder if it's from the burning off process over stressing the metal.
Wire is cheap so if I have to build new coils rather than burning off so be it.

Oh yeah, got a Thunder Cloud Blaze Pro Max on its way, it's probably on a slow boat right now.

For Sale ProVari Party Clear Out

Clearing out more of the collection and today it's the ProVari Party
Take your pick $61 each OBO
Includes USPS Priority Shipping ($10.30) within the US. International shipping available at buyers expense.
Myself and the mods are located in Texas

**UPDATE - ALL 3 P3s ARE SOLD**

Details -
All of these are new, unused except for the pink/white used a handful of times 9/10
Pink/white does not include box
Black/red does include box and has a skull end cap
For the rest, what you see is what you get, it's in the box.
Also in the photos are 2 extension caps (1 black, 1 silver) and 1 spider end cap. If you want to include one of those just let me know
Feel free to ask here or message me with any questions

**UPDATE - ALL 3 P3s ARE SOLD**

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