Coating method for coating a component with a coating agent, having the following steps: a) defining a pattern on the component surface of the component to be coated, the pattern being a surface region which is bordered by a contour (2; 5, 6), and b) areal coating the component surface with the coating agent within the contour (2; 5, 6), c) sharp-edged coating of the component surface with the coating agent along at least part of the contour (2; 5, 6) of the pattern, c1) wherein the sharp-edged coating along the contour (2; 5, 6) of the pattern is carried out by means of an applicator which is moved along the contour (2; 5, 6) by a manipulator, c2) wherein the manipulator moves the applicator along the contour (2; 5, 6) at a specific speed over the component surface during the sharp-edged coating, and characterized in d) that the manipulator does not traverse the contour (2; 5, 6) contiguously, but in several path sections (BA1-BA4), and e) that the applicator interrupts the delivery of the coating agent between the coating of the immediately successive path sections (BA1-BA4) of the contour (2; 5, 6). f) that the directly successive path sections (BA1-BA4) adjoin one another at problem points of the contour (2; 5, 6), the problem points being characterized in that the manipulator could pass the problem points without an interruption only with a sharp drop in the traversing speed, and g) that the manipulator executes a kink-free start movement at the problem points between the coating of the immediately successive path sections (BA1-BA4) in order to start again at the immediately successive path section. a) defining a pattern on the component surface of the component to be coated, the pattern being a surface region which is bordered by a contour (2; 5, 6), and b) areal coating the component surface with the coating agent within the contour (2; 5, 6), c) sharp-edged coating of the component surface with the coating agent along at least part of the contour (2; 5, 6) of the pattern, c1) wherein the sharp-edged coating along the contour (2; 5, 6) of the pattern is carried out by means of an applicator which is moved along the contour (2; 5, 6) by a manipulator, c2) wherein the manipulator moves the applicator along the contour (2; 5, 6) at a specific speed over the component surface during the sharp-edged coating, and characterized in c1) wherein the sharp-edged coating along the contour (2; 5, 6) of the pattern is carried out by means of an applicator which is moved along the contour (2; 5, 6) by a manipulator, c2) wherein the manipulator moves the applicator along the contour (2; 5, 6) at a specific speed over the component surface during the sharp-edged coating, and d) that the manipulator does not traverse the contour (2; 5, 6) contiguously, but in several path sections (BA1-BA4), and e) that the applicator interrupts the delivery of the coating agent between the coating of the immediately successive path sections (BA1-BA4) of the contour (2; 5, 6). f) that the directly successive path sections (BA1-BA4) adjoin one another at problem points of the contour (2; 5, 6), the problem points being characterized in that the manipulator could pass the problem points without an interruption only with a sharp drop in the traversing speed, and g) that the manipulator executes a kink-free start movement at the problem points between the coating of the immediately successive path sections (BA1-BA4) in order to start again at the immediately successive path section.