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Originally Posted by villagetinker
I would use a small concrete drill and small plastic inserts with suitable hooks, or you can use the plastic inserts with stainless steel hooks. I have done several of these type installations on our house. If these will be exposed to rain, I add a silicone sealer before inserting the plastic insert, and then after the insert is in place to seal the hole as much as possible.
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This seems to have been reborn. We just had our stucco home repainted and I have a few
things hung from those plastic plugs. To avoid then patching the holes or filling the plug with paint, I found that the bamboo shiscabob sticks I had fit perfectly. I cut a six inch piece and sharpened the end with a pencil sharpener. I tapped it into the plastic plug with a light hammer and then cut it off, 1/4 inch proud with sharp pruning sheers. What was cut off, back into the pencil sharpener sand used to cover the next plug. Quicker to do than to describe. It worked fine. Grab the end with pliers and it pulls right out leaving the reusable plug. Surely a dowel stick would work as well.