Painting device for optical components comprising a motor drive of the workpiece holder (11) and/or of the means for applying paint (paint medium 6), characterized by the fact that a workpiece holder (11) fixes a workpiece (1) centrally, a guide arrangement with an adjusting device, consisting of at least two pulleys (drive pulley 3, idling pulley 4), which guide and drive a non-rigid part (2) and are mounted on a base plate (9), which is arranged in relation to the workpiece holder (11) and is movable such that the guide arrangement brings the non-rigid part (2) in contact with the contour of the workpiece to be coated (1) and fully paints the contour to be coated.