A method for producing a steel component with a diffusible hydrogen H diff content of up to 0.4 ppm comprising at least the steps: Providing a flat steel product containing (all figures in wt%): 0.06 to 0.50 C, 0.50 to 3.0 Mn, 0.10 to 0.50 Si, 0.01 to 1.00 Cr, up to 0.20 Ti, up to 0.10 Al, up to 0.10 P, up to 0.1 Nb, up to 0.01 N, up to 0.05 S and up to 0.1 B, residual Fe and unavoidable impurities, with a coating containing (all indications in wt%) 3 to 15 Si, 1 to 3.5 Fe, 0.05 to 5.0 alkali and/or alkaline earth metals, radical Al and unavoidable impurities, which has a rolling-reduction-degree plate thickness ratio of greater than 0.8 to 200, wherein WGB is a dimensionless value determined by WGB = 1,5 ⋅ 1 + rolling reduction degree ⋅ 100 1 2 ⋅ 1 + Sheet thickness / mm wherein the plate thickness is set in mm and is identical to h 1, the final thickness of the flat steel product after rolling, determination of a WOP value as a function of the rolling-reduction-degree plate thickness ratio WGB within a surface spanned by straight connecting sections between the points P11 (WGB 0.8, WOP 100) and P13 (WGB 0.8, WOP 800), P13 (WGB 0.8, WOP 800) and P21 (WGB 26, WOP 650), P21 (WGB 26, WOP 650) and P41 (WGB 74, WOP 590), P41 (WGB 74, WOP 590) and P53 (WGB 150, WOP 520), P53 (WGB 150, WOP 520) and P51 (WGB 150, WOP 100) as well as P51 (WGB 150, WOP 100) and P11 (WGB 0.8, WOP 100) in a coordinate system in which the WOP value is plotted on the y-axis and the rolling-reduction-degree plate thickness ratio is plotted on the x-axis, treatment of the flat steel product at an average furnace temperature T Furnace (in K) for a duration t Furnace (in h), wherein the dew point temperature of the furnace atmosphere of the furnace T Dewpoint (in K), the average furnace temperature T Furnace (in K) and the duration t Furnace (in h) are set in accordance with the following equation using the general formula WOP = T furnace K ⋅ log t furnace h + 1,15 + T dewpoint K − 243,15 1,6 and Forming the heated flat steel product from step in a moulding tool subject to simultaneous cooling to obtain the steel component. Providing a flat steel product containing (all figures in wt%): 0.06 to 0.50 C, 0.50 to 3.0 Mn, 0.10 to 0.50 Si, 0.01 to 1.00 Cr, up to 0.20 Ti, up to 0.10 Al, up to 0.10 P, up to 0.1 Nb, up to 0.01 N, up to 0.05 S and up to 0.1 B, residual Fe and unavoidable impurities, with a coating containing (all indications in wt%) 3 to 15 Si, 1 to 3.5 Fe, 0.05 to 5.0 alkali and/or alkaline earth metals, radical Al and unavoidable impurities, which has a rolling-reduction-degree plate thickness ratio of greater than 0.8 to 200, wherein WGB is a dimensionless value determined by WGB = 1,5 ⋅ 1 + rolling reduction degree ⋅ 100 1 2 ⋅ 1 + Sheet thickness / mm wherein the plate thickness is set in mm and is identical to h 1, the final thickness of the flat steel product after rolling, 0.06 to 0.50 C, 0.50 to 3.0 Mn, 0.10 to 0.50 Si, 0.01 to 1.00 Cr, up to 0.20 Ti, up to 0.10 Al, up to 0.10 P, up to 0.1 Nb, up to 0.01 N, up to 0.05 S and up to 0.1 B, residual Fe and unavoidable impurities, determination of a WOP value as a function of the rolling-reduction-degree plate thickness ratio WGB within a surface spanned by straight connecting sections between the points P11 (WGB 0.8, WOP 100) and P13 (WGB 0.8, WOP 800), P13 (WGB 0.8, WOP 800) and P21 (WGB 26, WOP 650), P21 (WGB 26, WOP 650) and P41 (WGB 74, WOP 590), P41 (WGB 74, WOP 590) and P53 (WGB 150, WOP 520), P53 (WGB 150, WOP 520) and P51 (WGB 150, WOP 100) as well as P51 (WGB 150, WOP 100) and P11 (WGB 0.8, WOP 100) in a coordinate system in which the WOP value is plotted on the y-axis and the rolling-reduction-degree plate thickness ratio is plotted on the x-axis, treatment of the flat steel product at an average furnace temperature T Furnace (in K) for a duration t Furnace (in h), wherein the dew point temperature of the furnace atmosphere of the furnace T Dewpoint (in K), the average furnace temperature T Furnace (in K) and the duration t Furnace (in h) are set in accordance with the following equation using the general formula WOP = T furnace K ⋅ log t furnace h + 1,15 + T dewpoint K − 243,15 1,6 and Forming the heated flat steel product from step in a moulding tool subject to simultaneous cooling to obtain the steel component.