diff --git a/lib/elements/dom-bind.html b/lib/elements/dom-bind.html
index b91438c364..8cd4487f8d 100644
--- a/lib/elements/dom-bind.html
+++ b/lib/elements/dom-bind.html
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
             return;
           }
           this.root = this._stampBoundTemplate(template);
+          this.$ = this.root.$;
           this.__children = [];
           for (let n=this.root.firstChild; n; n=n.nextSibling) {
             this.__children[this.__children.length] = n;
diff --git a/lib/mixins/element-mixin.html b/lib/mixins/element-mixin.html
index 0e48f7897d..b0b402cc16 100644
--- a/lib/mixins/element-mixin.html
+++ b/lib/mixins/element-mixin.html
@@ -624,6 +624,7 @@
           hostStack.beginHosting(this);
           this.root = this._stampBoundTemplate(this._template);
           hostStack.endHosting(this);
+          this.$ = this.root.$;
         }
         super.ready();
       }
@@ -747,6 +748,14 @@
         return Polymer.ResolveUrl.resolveUrl(url, base);
       }
 
+      /**
+       * Overrides `PropertyAccessors` to add map of dynamic functions on
+       * template info, for consumption by `PropertyEffects` template binding
+       * code. This map determines which method templates should have accessors
+       * created for them.
+       *
+       * @override
+       */
       static _parseTemplateContent(template, templateInfo, nodeInfo) {
         templateInfo.dynamicFns = templateInfo.dynamicFns || propertiesForClass(this);
         return super._parseTemplateContent(template, templateInfo, nodeInfo);
diff --git a/lib/mixins/property-effects.html b/lib/mixins/property-effects.html
index 2e5f1d85c4..822cef13ca 100644
--- a/lib/mixins/property-effects.html
+++ b/lib/mixins/property-effects.html
@@ -1130,7 +1130,7 @@
        * its prototype, the property effect lists will be cloned and added as
        * own properties of the caller.
        *
-       * @param {string} path Property that should trigger the effect
+       * @param {string} property Property that should trigger the effect
        * @param {string} type Effect type, from this.PROPERTY_EFFECT_TYPES
        * @param {Object=} effect Effect metadata object
        * @protected
@@ -2015,12 +2015,23 @@
         return this.__templateInfo = templateInfo;
       }
 
-      static _addTemplatePropertyEffect(templateInfo, prop, info) {
+      /**
+       * Adds a property effect to the given template metadata, which is run
+       * at the "propagate" stage of `_propertiesChanged` when the template
+       * has been bound to the element via `_bindTemplate`.
+       *
+       * The `effect` object should match the format in `_addPropertyEffect`.
+       *
+       * @param {string} prop Property that should trigger the effect
+       * @param {Object=} effect Effect metadata object
+       * @protected
+       */
+      static _addTemplatePropertyEffect(templateInfo, prop, effect) {
         let hostProps = templateInfo.hostProps = templateInfo.hostProps || {};
         hostProps[prop] = true;
         let effects = templateInfo.propertyEffects = templateInfo.propertyEffects || {};
         let propEffects = effects[prop] = effects[prop] || [];
-        propEffects.push(info);
+        propEffects.push(effect);
       }
 
       /**
@@ -2030,6 +2041,14 @@
        * is returned containing the stamped DOM, ready for insertion into the
        * DOM.
        *
+       * This method may be called more than once; however note that due to
+       * `shadycss` polyfill limitations, only styles from templates prepared
+       * using `ShadyCSS.prepareTemplate` will be correctly polyfilled (scoped
+       * to the shadow root and support CSS custom properties), and note that
+       * `ShadyCSS.prepareTemplate` may only be called once per element. As such,
+       * any styles required by in runtime-stamped templates must be included
+       * in the main element template.
+       *
        * @param {HTMLTemplateElement} template Template to stamp
        * @return {DocumentFragment} Cloned template content
        * @protected
diff --git a/lib/mixins/template-stamp.html b/lib/mixins/template-stamp.html
index 290b0ed793..7123f156c4 100644
--- a/lib/mixins/template-stamp.html
+++ b/lib/mixins/template-stamp.html
@@ -381,8 +381,9 @@
        * The template is parsed (once and memoized) using this library's
        * template parsing features, and provides the following value-added
        * features:
-       * * Adds declarative event listners for `on-event="handler"` attributes
-       * * Generates an "id map" for all nodes with id's under `this.$`
+       * * Adds declarative event listeners for `on-event="handler"` attributes
+       * * Generates an "id map" for all nodes with id's under `$` on returned
+       *   document fragment
        * * Passes template info including `content` back to templates as
        *   `_templateInfo` (a performance optimization to avoid deep template
        *   cloning)
@@ -408,10 +409,10 @@
         // NOTE: ShadyDom optimization indicating there is an insertion point
         dom.__noInsertionPoint = !templateInfo.hasInsertionPoint;
         let nodes = dom.nodeList = new Array(nodeInfo.length);
-        this.$ = {};
+        dom.$ = {};
         for (let i=0, l=nodeInfo.length, info; (i<l) && (info=nodeInfo[i]); i++) {
           let node = nodes[i] = findTemplateNode(dom, info);
-          applyIdToMap(this, this.$, node, info);
+          applyIdToMap(this, dom.$, node, info);
           applyTemplateContent(this, node, info);
           applyEventListener(this, node, info);
         }
diff --git a/lib/utils/templatize.html b/lib/utils/templatize.html
index 0845c5f115..b1e9f2d864 100644
--- a/lib/utils/templatize.html
+++ b/lib/utils/templatize.html
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
       return templateHost && templateHost._methodHost || templateHost;
     }
 
-    function createTemplatizerClass(template, options) {
+    function createTemplatizerClass(template, templateInfo, options) {
       // Anonymous class created by the templatize
       /**
        * @unrestricted
@@ -203,12 +203,11 @@
       let klass = class extends base { }
       klass.prototype.__templatizeOptions = options;
       klass.prototype._bindTemplate(template);
-      addNotifyEffects(klass, template, options);
+      addNotifyEffects(klass, template, templateInfo, options);
       return klass;
     }
 
-    function addPropagateEffects(template, options) {
-      let templateInfo = template._templateInfo;
+    function addPropagateEffects(template, templateInfo, options) {
       let userForwardHostProp = options.forwardHostProp;
       if (userForwardHostProp) {
         // Provide data API and property effects on memoized template class
@@ -250,8 +249,7 @@
       }
     }
 
-    function addNotifyEffects(klass, template, options) {
-      let templateInfo = template._templateInfo;
+    function addNotifyEffects(klass, template, templateInfo, options) {
       let hostProps = templateInfo.hostProps || {};
       for (let iprop in options.instanceProps) {
         delete hostProps[iprop];
@@ -381,26 +379,26 @@
        * @param {HTMLTemplateElement} template Template to templatize
        * @param {*} owner Owner of the template instances; any optional callbacks
        *   will be bound to this owner.
-       * @param {*} options Options dictionary (see summary for details)
+       * @param {*=} options Options dictionary (see summary for details)
        * @return {TemplateInstanceBase} Generated class bound to the template
        *   provided
        */
       templatize(template, owner, options) {
+        options = options || {};
         if (template.__templatizeOwner) {
           throw new Error('A <template> can only be templatized once');
         }
         template.__templatizeOwner = owner;
-        let templateInfo = template._templateInfo;
+        let templateInfo = owner.constructor._parseTemplate(template);
         // Get memoized base class for the prototypical template, which
         // includes property effects for binding template & forwarding
-        let baseClass = templateInfo && templateInfo.templatizeInstanceClass;
+        let baseClass = templateInfo.templatizeInstanceClass;
         if (!baseClass) {
-          baseClass = createTemplatizerClass(template, options);
-          templateInfo = template._templateInfo;
+          baseClass = createTemplatizerClass(template, templateInfo, options);
           templateInfo.templatizeInstanceClass = baseClass;
         }
         // Host property forwarding must be installed onto template instance
-        addPropagateEffects(template, options);
+        addPropagateEffects(template, templateInfo, options);
         // Subclass base class and add reference for this specific template
         let klass = class TemplateInstance extends baseClass {};
         klass.prototype._methodHost = findMethodHost(template);