The present disclosure is directed to a method for coating the edge of glass articles. The shaped edge of a glass article is inserted into the slot of a coating apparatus. The coating apparatus includes a vessel containing a UV curable coating material, an element connected to the vessel having the slot, wherein the slot is shaped to receive an edge of the glass article; and a coating pad having a coating surface shaped to conform to the shaped edge of the glass article, the pad having a network of interconnected openings therethrough, wherein the coating pad extends from the vessel and into the element so that the coating surface forms a bottom surface of the slot. An ultraviolet (UV) curable coating material is supplied to the coating pad and the shaped edge is contacted with the coating pad surface to transfer a selected thickness of the coating material from the coating pad to the shaped edge. The UV curable coating material is then cured on the shaped glass edge.