right... longer winded answer now the boss isn't looking...
My car's got a bit of oxidisation on the bonnet and rear quarters, to get rid of it I've used the following:
1. Wash and rinse car
2. Farecla G3 cutting compound on all panels with oxidisation
3. wash and rinse to remove residue from G3
4. Meguiars Deep Crystal polish on all panels
5. Buff to polish
6. Meguiars Carnuba Wax/Zymol Cleaner Wax
7. Buff to polish
8. Autoglym Fastglass on the windows
9. Autoglym instant tyre dressing on the tyres
If it's not oxidised then cut out the G3 part. All in all a normal wash/polish/wax (without cutting) my car takes about 3-4 hours to do this properly, but it's well worth the effort.