Application method for the application of a coating medium on a component (6; 9), with the following steps: a) emission of a coating medium jet (5; 13) from an application device (2; 12), a1) wherein, after emerging from the application device (2; 12), the coating medium jet (5; 13) initially has a continuous region in the jet direction until said jet reaches a disintegration distance (L ZERFALL), a2) whereupon the coating medium jet (5; 13) then disintegrates, after the disintegration distance (L ZERFALL) following emergence from the application device (2; 12), into droplets which are separate from one another in the jet direction, a3) wherein the coating medium jet (5; 13) applies a strip on the component (6; 9), b) positioning of the application device (2; 12) relative to the component (6; 9) with a particular application distance (d) between the application device (2; 12) and the component (6; 9), so that the coating medium jet (5; 13) impacts on the component (6; 9) and coats the component (6; 9), c) wherein several coating medium jets (5; 13) are applied by the application device (2; 12), which are aligned parallel to each other, and d) the distance between the directly adjacent coating medium jets (5, 13) is large enough such that the adjacent coating medium jets (5, 13) do not merge between the application device (2; 12) and the component (6; 9), and e) for emission of the coating medium jets (5, 13), a plurality of application nozzles with a particular nozzle internal diameter and a particular nozzle spacing are provided, characterized in that f) the application distance (d) is smaller than the disintegration distance (L ZERFALL) of the coating medium jet (5; 13), so that the coating medium jet (5; 13) impacts on the component (6; 9) with its continuous region, g) the coating medium jet (5; 13) is moved over the component (6; 9) a plurality of times, a coating medium strip being applied in each case, and h) following the application, the adjacent coating medium strips merge into one another and then form a uniform stripe, and i) the nozzle spacing is at least equal to three times the nozzle internal diameter. a) emission of a coating medium jet (5; 13) from an application device (2; 12), a1) wherein, after emerging from the application device (2; 12), the coating medium jet (5; 13) initially has a continuous region in the jet direction until said jet reaches a disintegration distance (L ZERFALL), a2) whereupon the coating medium jet (5; 13) then disintegrates, after the disintegration distance (L ZERFALL) following emergence from the application device (2; 12), into droplets which are separate from one another in the jet direction, a3) wherein the coating medium jet (5; 13) applies a strip on the component (6; 9), a1) wherein, after emerging from the application device (2; 12), the coating medium jet (5; 13) initially has a continuous region in the jet direction until said jet reaches a disintegration distance (L ZERFALL), a2) whereupon the coating medium jet (5; 13) then disintegrates, after the disintegration distance (L ZERFALL) following emergence from the application device (2; 12), into droplets which are separate from one another in the jet direction, a3) wherein the coating medium jet (5; 13) applies a strip on the component (6; 9), b) positioning of the application device (2; 12) relative to the component (6; 9) with a particular application distance (d) between the application device (2; 12) and the component (6; 9), so that the coating medium jet (5; 13) impacts on the component (6; 9) and coats the component (6; 9), c) wherein several coating medium jets (5; 13) are applied by the application device (2; 12), which are aligned parallel to each other, and d) the distance between the directly adjacent coating medium jets (5, 13) is large enough such that the adjacent coating medium jets (5, 13) do not merge between the application device (2; 12) and the component (6; 9), and e) for emission of the coating medium jets (5, 13), a plurality of application nozzles with a particular nozzle internal diameter and a particular nozzle spacing are provided, characterized in that f) the application distance (d) is smaller than the disintegration distance (L ZERFALL) of the coating medium jet (5; 13), so that the coating medium jet (5; 13) impacts on the component (6; 9) with its continuous region, g) the coating medium jet (5; 13) is moved over the component (6; 9) a plurality of times, a coating medium strip being applied in each case, and h) following the application, the adjacent coating medium strips merge into one another and then form a uniform stripe, and i) the nozzle spacing is at least equal to three times the nozzle internal diameter.