"but now want to replace electric cooktop with gas cooktop" @HU-60126775 - you should replace your old electric cooktop with an induction cooktop (powered by electricity) and save yourself grief, expense, and needing a master plumber to run a gas line and vent it properly. With an induction cooktop, you would be getting a faster more responsive easier to clean cooktop, and you'd be done. Edited to add: just realized that @HU-60126775 posted a month ago, so is prob gone. I should not have been sucked in by @brettellis' post haha

Absolutely don't use regular Contact paper unless you want a huge mess in removing it. I also don't recommend the Contact Shelf Liner. I lined my pantry shelves with this. I left it in place for a few years (wiped down occasionally). It was supposed to be easy to remove. Nope! It took hours to get it all up. I bought vinyl table cloth fabric by the yard. It has a felt like backing. It took more time to measure and cut, but it's easy to remove and clean. I often had to piece together shelf liner anyway since my drawers are not standard sizes. I toss it in the washing machine and let it air dry when I want to clean it. The bonus was that it was less expensive than rolls and rolls of shelf liner and looks prettier than shelf liner. Dollar store type places sell vinyl table cloths that could be used, but the fabric I bought was a bit more substantial.

@millworkman I spoke to Euro-wall last week. Very great reps over there, thank you! Will be going to their showroom next week. I wanted to ask you: .... you recommended that I don't do anodized due to the Hawaii conditions. It was my understanding that anodized finish is superior, due to the paint not chipping and scratching off. Why would anodized be a bad thing?

That’s a layer of paint peeling off to the original wood finish beneath. This area was probably not well prepped by whomever painted them.