The people before us had painted the tile above the tub, which from what I've read, is predictably coming off now. So I was looking to put in a surround faux tile. One problem I've encountered is our current tile comes in past the tub for 2", and then has a curved tile that goes into the wall, which then has another 4" before it corners. I hope that's understandable. Is it okay to attach photos in this group?
But the surround I've found at HD doesn't have corner pieces. One thought was to put in a piece of drywall on that 4" wall piece, bringing it flush to the level of the tub wall tile, and simply extend the surround (we're actually looking at pieces of laminate-type faux tile, that you cut to fit) out over that 2" corner tile and 4" drywall. Not sure how that will look, though, just having the surround finish flat on the corner like that. Though the pictures in the brochure of the surrounds look like that's all they do, too. Any thoughts?
Now, other thought is to re-paint the current tile. I came across a website that sells DIY kits, and says it has a bond that allows the paint to last. How do I get the current paint off my old tile, though? It's peeling in places, but not everywhere. And how do you deal with grout, then? Am I right that you want the grout line a different color? Again, any thoughts or help on all this would be greatly appreciated. And, in answer to one reply I'm anticipating, I'm just scared as hell of trying to put up new tile, mainly because of having to grout those lines. Thanks again.