How do you hold the plug while you paint it?

[Surfster]

I have a few lengths of coat hanger. I take about a 12" section and bend a hook on one end to hang dry later. I take the wire and bend a kink in it so the plug won't spin then I slide it through the drilled plug snugly. I hold the hook end in my hand while I spray.
Just the way it work for me.
When it comes to the clear coat the plug is already assembled. I hold it by the lip and brush it on. I take more coat hanger bent into a 2" size "S" and hang it from the tail hoop then flip it to the nose hoop to dry.