Can I use Electrum seed as a paper wallet? Based on what I've read so far I'm pretty sure that what I want to do should work, but I'd like to get some confirmation to make sure I won't be causing myself  issues by screwing something up if I'm wrong.

This is what I'd to do:
1. setup an Electrum wallet in offline mode
2. write down the seed on paper
3. send the coins I want to secure from my normal wallet to one of the generated addresses
4. delete the newly setup Electrum wallet from the hard drive
5. Voila, I should be left with a paper wallet, right? With the wallet deleted from the hard drive, the only access point to the coins is through that paper with the seed written down. And whenever I want to use them, I just open Electrum, type in the seed and it'll grant me full access.

Is my thinking correct? I want to be sure I'm not missing something silly that would result in my finding out that I can't actually access the coins further down the line...
You should create your wallet from a pc that will never connect to the internet again if you want to secure your bitcoins 99.99%

If you don't have another PC, use Ubuntu Live CD/USB.


Boot from Ubuntu live cd/usb.
Install Electram, Bitcoin core, or any tools that enable you to generate wallet and create transactions.
Generate your wallet.
Write the seed (or private keys) on a paper.
Re-boot your pc.


But, in this way, you need to install Electram each time you need to sign a transaction.