Would a painted trap hurt my chances at all? Thanks in advance

no

Agree, also depending on where ya live I paint mine blaze orange or red makes em easier to spot in the snow

I have some white Dps I bought used. The color does not seem to help or hurt my catch.

Never noticed a difference in painted or not.......

I dont think it would hurt as long as you do it well before setting it so it can air out. I don't think most people give enough thought about scent control because "It's just a Raccoon" but the fresh paint smell might have the opposite affect than you want. I agree that the color only makes a difference to us. I use white dps in areas out of view of the public and brown ones where someone driving by might be able to see them to avoid any problems.

Schmattz

First coon you catch will take 90% of the paint off anyway.

White,,,,, unless you are trapping public land
All my pans are painted white on my cage trap.

I paint most of mine white except a few to set close to roads or property lines

White has always produced more for me. Mine are powder coated

The first dog proofs came with a directions paper which said that painting them white was an advantage.

I painted mine with metallic white paint and caught plenty of coon with them.

not at all, paint white and up ur chances actually

I do not believe you increase or decrease your chances by painting them any particular color. If they are set correctly, the coons will be tripping over them,. They don't need to visually stand out.

UN helmet blue this last year caught in them just fine , easy to see in the grass and farm and fleet was selling that color for 1.88 a can so I bought a bunch

for me it just needs to be not blending in

I am mostly trapping private property around barns and sheds

I'd say no I've oversprayed a few times and got them pink or blue and green and they still worked just fine

Thank you. I was thinking white primer. At age 63 I will take any visual aids I can get

Gotta try this