The invention concerns a method for coating of a moving base, such as the face of a back-up roll, paper or board web, or equivalent, with a coating agent. In the method, a blade coater (10) is employed, in which a coating blade (12), included in said coater and installed in a blade holder (14), is loaded in the area between the blade holder (14) and the tip (19) of the coating blade towards the moving base (B) by means of a loading member (15). The coating blade (12) forms a substantially small angle in relation to the moving base (B), and the coating quantity applied onto the moving base (B) is regulated by adjusting the blade angle and/or the loading of the coating blade (12). The coating blade (12) is loaded towards the moving base (B), in the area between said loading member (15) and the tip (19) of the coating blade, additionally also by means of a second loading member (18) so that, by means of the loading produced by said second loading member (18), separation of the tip (19) of the coating blade from the layer (F) of coating agent formed on the moving base (B) is prevented so as to prevent cavitation in the area of the tip (19) of the coating blade. The invention also concerns a device that makes use of the method.