Not sure if you want to see the actual chemicals or the products? If the former, examples of detergents are:Vince, probably a dumb question but is there any way you could post some pics of the items you're talking about that would work the best for cleaning vinyl?
I seem to do better having something to look at rather than just read about. There may be one or two others out there that could benefit from pics as well. lol.
SDS (anionic detergent) :
note the non-polar (hydrophobic or "oily" carbon chain tail and the negatively charged sulfate group "head" (polar or hydrophilic...The Na+ is the balancing salt ion).
Triton X-100 (non-ionic detergent):
note it has the non-polar tail, but it's polar head is uncharged.
and finally Disteryldimethylammonium Chloride (a cationic detergent):
again, non polar tails, but a positively charged head (the ammonium group...Not shown is the balancing Cl- ion).This is a quaternary ammonium salt (four bonds on the N) or "Quat". These compounds have anti-static properties, mostly because they can hold water molecules at the surface and make it more conductive. If fact, this particular one is typically what you find in fabric softener and hair conditioner.