Is regular wax or paraffin wax better for waxing traps? I read that paraffin is softer melts at a lower temp but regular is more elastic and has better adhesive qualities.

Define regular??? Most wax is paraffin, aside from Beeswax. If you get it from a hobby store it's paraffin.

Add a marble sized piece of pine sap or other tree sap to your paraffin wax pot and it will help it adhere better. I do about a marble sized piece for 3 pounds of wax. Too much and it will be useless so be sparing. It also gives your wax a slight pine smell which is natural and doesn't hurt anything at all.

Guess it wont matter much but had a 40% off coupon on one item ended up paying $15 for ten lbs of general purpose wax

Here is the coupon it's still good they just scan the picture on your phone if anybody wants to use it.

Thanks trap setter I just used the code to buy 10 pounds. Paid $22 with shipping and everything

Glad you got some use out of it.