What kind of wire? I have been wanting to try out that stainless on a coil and was hoping to do that while I was on break this week but, as it turned out, I was too busy to do that or to mix up the recipes I want to try! Maybe this next week will be quiet, even though school starts back again tomorrow. I hope.I soaked it in PGA for a while and used it. I didn't get a nickel taste using it with the istick TC75W, but it wasn't working great either, so I rebuilt it with a TC wire vertical coil wrapped with a Japanese Cotton pad strip.