Replying to Really, how bad is dirt for your bases?

So I'm on the summer setup binge and have been out seshing whenever I can. I'm getting really frustrated as I can't lock on nearly as well with my trashed skis (they're like 108) and just cannot get the hang of it. So I have my Rayzrs which I would like to use, but I'm afraid of potentially ruining those nice bases with dirt and every once in a while a small gouge. Would it be ok if I just used the Rayzrs and hot scraped them often? Or would it be best to keep thrashing on the old skis and keep the kittens for the mountain . Any input gets k+