music wire for o-rings

[RonA]

Has anyone out there tried making their cylinder head o-rings out of the hardened high carbon steel music wire. I have . 051 hardened stainless wire but I need to go to a . 055 width wire to true up my protrusion. The music wire is harder than the standard stainless o-ring wire and it doesn't seem that corrosion would be an issue as the gasket would corrode before the wire.

Any thoughts?

RonA